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Table 1 Final topic guide

From: Private or salaried practice: how do young general practitioners make their career choice? A qualitative study

Questions

Themes

Icebreaker question

Would you describe yourself briefly?

→Age, gender, number of years of practice, etc.

Reasons for choice of private (or salaried) practice

Occupational criteria

→Further training in general practice

→Expected income

→Fee for services

→Continuity of care

→Occupational autonomy

→Pace of work

→Administrative tasks

→Relationship with peers

→Opportunities for setting up practice

→Proximity of medical and paramedical infrastructure, care networks

General practice characteristics

→Representation of current general practice

→Representation of general practice in the future

Postgraduate training in general practice

→Training in private general practice

Role of GP locum

Personal factors

→Parenthood project

→Social protection

→Free time

→Time spent with family

→Area of origin

→Family history

Reasons for not choosing private (or salaried) practice

Summarise themes above

Career perspective

What do you think of the choice you made?

→Regrets

→Desire to change type of exercise later

Knowledge of GPs about installation incentives

→Financial incentives in underserved areas

Mixed practice

→Benefits and disadvantages

→Mixed practice and diversity of practice settings

→Mixed practice and quality of care

Community health centers

→Knowledge about community health centers

→Representation of community health centers

Other aspects that interviewees want to discuss

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