Table 1 In-depth Interview Question Guide for Learning about Preceptor Perceptions about Patients, University of Southern California Primary Care Physician Assistant Program, 2021

1. What is your opinion about the importance of caring for patients with SUD and OUD in your practice?

- What are your thoughts on primary care providers managing substance abuse disorder or opioid abuse disorder?

- What is a typical process for you when caring for a patient with SUD/OUD?

2. How important is it to you to teach about patients with SUD and OUD in your practice?

- How would you create opportunities to teach about this topic?

- How do patients with SUD or OUD respond to having a student in your clinic?

- What are some barriers to teaching students about these patients?

- What do preceptors need to enhance this teaching in clinics?

3. Tell us about your experience caring for patients with SUD and OUD. How does this experience contribute to or hinder your teaching students about the conditions? 

- How often do you care for these patients, and how much of your practice does it take up?

- How is teaching about SUD and OUD in your clinic different from teaching about other conditions like diabetes or women's health or STDs?'

4. MAT waiver is no longer required to prescribe to fewer than 30 patients, but we are still considering requiring MAT waiver training for PA students before graduation. What do you think about this?

- What are the pros and cons of students getting MAT waivered before graduation?