Health care professionals’ perceptions towards lifelong learning in palliative care for general practitioners: a focus group study

Table 2 Characteristics of the participants of the focus groups

Focus group	Participant	Gender	Age	Profession	Years in practice*	Practice setting**
Nr 1 (GPs)	1	Male	48	GP	21	Solo
	2	Male	59	GP	34	Solo
	3	Male	45	GP	18	Solo
	4	Male	51	GP	24	Solo
	5	Male	36	GP	9	Solo
	6	Male	33	GP	6	Solo
	7	Male	56	GP	30	Solo
Nr 2 (GPs)	1	Female	33	GP	6	Duo
	2	Female	47	GP	19	Duo
	3	Male	59	GP	33	Duo
	4	Male	43	GP	16	Duo
	5	Male	45	GP	20	Group
Nr 3 (PHCTs and CME providers)	1	Male	51	GP	20/11	CME/PAL
	2	Male	60	GP	14	PAL
	3	Female	43	Nurse	12	PAL
	4	Female	43	Nurse	1	CME
	5	Male	47	Nurse	8	PAL
	6	Male	54	GP	30/14	CME/PAL
Nr 4 (PHCTs and CME providers)	1	Male	40	GP	4	CME
	2	Male	50	GP	7	PAL
	3	Male	37	Neurologist	2	PAL
	4	Male	54	Psychologist	11	PAL
	5	Female	33	Nurse	11	PAL
	6	Male	52	GP	3	PAL
Nr 5 (PHCTs and CME providers)	1	Female	46	GP	2	PAL
	2	Female	46	Master in medical-social sciences	8	CME
	3	Male	36	Palliative-care physician	5	PAL
	4	Male	44	Geriatrician	5	PAL
	5	Male	53	Anaesthetist	24	PAL

*years in practice: for GP groups = years of GP practice; for PHCT and CME providers groups = years working in this organization.
**practice setting: for GP groups = solo, duo or group practice; for PHCT and CME providers groups = PHCT (palliative home-care team), CME (providers of continuing medical education), PAL (palliative-care organization).

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