126 | Chapter 6 Figure 1. Theoretical framework of organisational socialisation19 Researcher characteristics Three researchers, a qualitative researcher, a master’s student, and a registered midwife constructed the topic list and the interview guide for the focus groups and the analysis of the data, under supervision of a senior researcher. With a combination of research experience and knowledge of midwifery practice, we put together an experienced team. Population In collaboration with the Royal Dutch Organisation of Midwives (RDM), seven focus groups of experienced midwives were organised in the months from September to November 2019. Participants had to be experienced midwives, who actually work in midwifery practice in the Netherlands for more than three years. These groups comprised community-based and hospital-based midwives. Recruitment of participants took place via an announcement on the weekly newsletter on the website of the RDM and the website of all three midwifery academies in the Netherlands. In this announcement midwives with an interest in the research topic were invited to participate in the focus groups. They could send an email to the RDM as indicated in the announcement. Interested midwives received an invitation letter and written information about the study. Group interviews and topic list We scheduled two meetings per focus group, a month apart. Each focus group consisted of 8-10 participants. The purpose of the first meeting was to explore participants’ perceptions of NQMs in practice. At the end of the first meeting, we provided participants a copy of our two research papers.1,2 These articles provided the participants with insight regarding NQMs’ experiences of the transition into practice. In the second meeting we explored the needed and actual support for NQMs in practice and eventually explored measures to ease the transition of NQMs into practice. We composed a topic list and an interview protocol for both meetings (Appendix I). During the data collection, which was considered an iterative process, we made a few changes to our approach and to the interview protocol. For instance, after some of the first focus group meetings, we made sure to ask participants to write down their ideas prior to a focus group. This change allowed us to include all opinions and ideas in the discussion. All meetings were audio-recorded and summarised. All participants received a written summary of the results of the focus group meeting they had attended. They could add
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