Table 1 GP trainee Focus Group Discussion Guide
1. Issues of confidentiality and anonymity. Reinforce written participant information, emphasising that no participant would be identifiable in any dissemination or publication of the study by the investigators. Establish ground rules for participants. Advise participants to draw the group’s attention to any information that they do not wish to be repeated outside the group by other participants in any further discussions. Confirm consent to audio-recording. | |
2. Prompts for facilitator What experiences have you had of asking for help from your GP supervisors? (prompt for both clinical and professional practice contexts) How do you decide whether to ask for help from your GP supervisors? Is it difficult to decide whether to ask for help from your GP supervisors? When in particular? How do you ask for help? How do your supervisors prefer you to ask for help? How do you think your supervisors feel about you asking for help? How do you think patients feel about you asking for help? How do you think practice staff feel about you asking for help? Have you had any particularly good experiences of asking for help from GP supervisors? Have you had any particularly bad experiences of asking for help from GP supervisors? (If time permits) What alternative sources of help do you have, and when would you use these? |