Questionaire in word completed questionnaires should be sent to erin(at)homemadetheater.org. This season Home Made Theater will be creating a verbatim theater project. As part of our expanding community outreach, all proceeds will benefit organizations supporting the needs of healthcare workers. This docu-drama, created from interviews with local people working in healthcare, will tell the story of what healthcare workers experienced during the pandemic using their own words. This project will allow the community to better understand and empathize with the ongoing crisis faced by healthcare workers. This production will be performed on April 15th at Caffe Lena. Disclaimer on use of questionnaire response/interviews: Not all responses to this questionnaire will result in a request for an interview and not all interviews or all material generated from questionnaires/interviews will be part of the final production. Many factors go into the decisions of what will be included and what will not be, including but not limited to: how content works in the context of other interviews, how the narrative uniquely compares or contrasts with others, length of material, appropriateness/relevance of content to the project, protection of privacy/overly identifying details etc. On this last point we may contact you with any edits we would like to make to your words to remove identifying details. As you answer these questions and tell your story only worry about telling your story as you experienced it- most of all we are looking for your authentic experience. Name First Last PhoneEmail Consent(Required)I understand that my material may not be part of the final project but I grant the producers (Home Made Theater inc.) permission to use the material I have provided here and in any subsequent interviews. I agreeI would like to be acknowledged for my contribution to this project:(Required) In playbill/program as a provider of content (whether my content is included in the final production or not). In the playbill/program as a provider of content (only if my content is chosen for inclusion in the final production). I wish for my contribution to this project to be anonymous. Consent(Required)I understand that except for acknowledgement in the playbill/program (if I so choose) my words will not be identified as belonging to me specifically (ie “characters” in the production will not be named after real individuals and any identifying information will be removed (with your consent). I agreeAll of the following questions are optional. Please answer honestly using full sentences instead of one or a few words in your answer. Feel absolutely free to “go on a tangent” if the question so inspires you- no answer to any question is too long. Be as detailed as your memory allows.How long were you a healthcare worker prior to the start of the covid-19 pandemic?What is your role/position as a healthcare worker (this could include your position or positions if that has changed, or the type of facilities you have or tend to work at)?How has the pandemic changed the nature of your work?What immediately changed in your work once a state of emergency was declared? What changes happened more slowly over time? What changes have you noticed more recently (past year to 6 months)? In the early pandemic healthcare workers were reported to be lauded as heroes- how did you experience this?Did the facility you work(ed) at acknowledge you or provide any special benefits/supports to you during this time? Did you receive any benefits/support from groups/organizations outside of your place of employment during this time? Were you individually acknowledged or given any special benefits/supports from other individuals (family/friends/acquaintances during this time) either in person or virtually (social media etc)? Which supports/benefits did you find most helpful and are there any you’d like to see continue on an ongoing basis?Outside of your work have you been asked questions on or have you advocated for or against any pandemic-related health and safety measures? (washing/sanitizing hands, wearing of masks/face coverings, stay-at-home orders, vaccinations, other treatments for covid-19, etc)Were there times you felt your advice genuinely influenced others to act in ways that kept them and the community safer? Were there times you felt questions were not genuine or that your sharing of advice as a healthcare professional was taken as an invitation to argue? How has this type of discourse changed for you over the course of the pandemic?Did you ever find yourself in disagreement with others in your fields about the best approaches for health/safety? (alternatively, did any of your colleagues disagree with you and others in your field on best practices for health and safety around the pandemic)Did your (or their) opinions change or did the opinion of the majority change on the point of contention? Were there any consequences to you (or them) for sharing your opinion? Did you feel your (or their) employment/career was ever threatened because of your (or their) differing opinion?Later in the pandemic a narrative emerged that healthcare workers were going from being seen as “heroes to being hated”. Some see this as happening because certain health and safety measures became politicized and thus the healthcare professionals supporting these measures became seen as being politically motivated, others see this as happening because the government mandated certain health and safety measures were mandated even or especially for healthcare workers. Does this narrative align with your experience of changing attitudes toward those in your profession and what is your experience of this phenomenon?Have you noticed a change in how the public views healthcare workers? Has this affected you personally? If you have experienced a change like this what do you believe to be the cause?How has the pandemic affected the future of healthcare- broadly as a field and/or for you personally?What is the most difficult experience you have had as a healthcare professional working during the pandemic?Is there anything positive you can take away from your experience as a healthcare worker during the pandemic (could be a positive change you’ve seen in the field or even just a single memory that helped you get through this period)?What do you want people who did not work in healthcare during the pandemic to know about the experience of those who did?You’re more than your job. Who are you outside of healthcare work?How have your experiences in healthcare work during the pandemic affected your personal/family life?Is there anything else you would like to share about your experience as a healthcare working during the covid-19 pandemic? Literally, this could be anything from a general piece of advice/observation to an anecdote/memory you would like to share that didn’t come up with any of the other questions and just anything you feel helps to share your experience (a dance, piece of music, visual artwork or any creative expression created by you, a social media post created by you, or something not created by you-please identity creator- that resonates with you.write or link to any material like this hereIs there anything else you would like to share about your experience as a healthcare working during the covid-19 pandemic? Literally, this could be anything from a general piece of advice/observation to an anecdote/memory you would like to share that didn’t come up with any of the other questions and just anything you feel helps to share your experience (a dance, piece of music, visual artwork or any creative expression created by you, a social media post created by you, or something not created by you-please identity creator- that resonates with you.upload any material like this here Drop files here or Select files Max. file size: 2 MB. SUPPORT OUR THEATER LEARN HOW! BUY TICKETS NOW! CLICK HERE JOIN OUR EMAIL LIST ENTER EMAIL ADDRESS
