Table 1 Overview of informants and interviews
| Individual interviews | Group interviews | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Participants |
MD-PhDs (7 male, 7 female) |
Colleagues of MD-PhDs (physicians without PhD) (5 male, 2 female) |
Leaders (Executive consultants) (5 male, 1 female) |
Leaders (Appointment committees) (22 male/14 female) | |||
| Medical specialty | Surgical specialty | Medical specialty | Surgical specialty | Medical specialty | Surgical specialty | ||
| University hospital | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Four group interviews; 36 physicians interviewed in total. Participants made up four different appointments committees, covering four different specialties (three surgical and one medical). |
| Regional hospital 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Regional hospital 2 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | |
| Regional hospital 3 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | |