The interview protocol refinement (IPR) framework is a four-phase process to develop and fine- tune interview protocols. IPR's four-phases include: 1) ensuring questions align with the study's research questions; 2) organizing an interview protocol to create an inquiry-based conversation; 3) having the protocol reviewed by others; and 4) piloting it. The IPR framework is the most suitable for refining structured or semi-structured interviews (Castillo-Montoya, 2016). The qualitative research interview is described as attempts to "understand the world from the subjects' point of view, to unfold the meaning of their experience, to uncover their lived world" (Brinkmann