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Table 1 Structure and participants of the participatory workshop series

From: Digital participatory workshops with patients and health professionals to develop an intervention for the management of polypharmacy: results from a mixed-methods evaluation and methodological conclusions

Workshop

Date

Aims and content

Participants (per stakeholder group)

Technical introduction workshop

29.03.2021

Getting to know stakeholders and the research team

Getting to know and trying out the functions of BBB

Breaking down technical barriers for workshop participation

Building trust in the research team and in one’s own technical skills

Getting to know the structure, aim and content of the following workshops

Closing: summary, feedback, forecast

Patients, patient representatives and informal caregivers

Intensive Workshop 1

30.30.2021

Getting to know stakeholders and the research team

Presentation of prior study results on challenges of information continuity between outpatient and inpatient care

Adding additional challenges from stakeholders’ perspectives and prioritizing challenges

Collecting possible solutions from stakeholders’ perspective and prioritizing possible solutions

Closing: summary, feedback, forecast

Patients, patient representatives and informal caregivers

Intensive Workshop 2

07.04.2021

Getting to know stakeholders and the research team

Presentation of prior study results on challenges of information continuity between outpatient and inpatient care

Adding additional challenges from stakeholders’ perspectives and prioritizing challenges

Collecting possible solutions from stakeholders’ perspectives and prioritizing possible solutions

Closing: summary, feedback, forecast

Health care assistants, inpatient and outpatient nurses

Intensive Workshop 3

05.05.2021

Getting to know stakeholders and the research team

Reflecting upon IWS 1 and IWS 2

Presenting the results from IWS 1 and IWS 2

Input on a digital nationwide medication plan („Bundeseinheitlicher Medikationsplan “) and discharge management

Discussing possible solutions including feasibility

Closing: summary, feedback, forecast

Patients, patient representatives and informal caregivers, health care assistants, inpatient and outpatient nurses

Intensive Workshop 4

28.04.2021

Getting to know stakeholders and the research team

Presentation of prior study results on challenges of information continuity between outpatient and inpatient care

Adding additional challenges from stakeholders’ perspectives and prioritizing challenges

Collecting possible solutions from stakeholders’ perspective and prioritizing possible solutions

Closing: summary, feedback, forecast

Clinical doctors, clinical pharmacists, clinical information scientists

Intensive Workshop 5

05.05.2021

Getting to know stakeholders and the research team

Reflecting upon the last workshop

Presenting the results from IWS 4

Input on a digital nationwide medication plan („Bundeseinheitlicher Medikationsplan “) and discharge management

Discussing possible solutions including feasibility

Closing: summary, feedback, forecast

Clinical doctors, clinical pharmacists, clinical information scientists

Synthesis Workshop 1

16.06.2021

Getting to know stakeholders and the research team

Presenting the results from IWS 1–5

Discussing characteristics of the intervention in subgroups

Presenting and consenting on characteristics of the intervention (all participants)

Closing: summary, feedback, forecast

All stakeholders

Synthesis Workshop 2

30.06.2021

Presenting the results of SWS 1

Presenting a preliminary intervention design

Discussing and finalizing the preliminary intervention design in subgroups

Presenting discussion results from subgroups to all participants

Discussing possible endpoints, feasibility and implementation of the intervention

Closing: summary, feedback, forecast

All stakeholders