Table 1 Themes matched to COM-B categories
From: Medical interns’ reflections on their training in use of personal protective equipment
COM-B category | Themes |
|---|---|
Capability | |
Psychological capability | ▪ Skills in donning and doffing PPE ▪ Understanding PPE principles ▪ Knowledge of PPE protocols/processes ▪ Undergraduate learning about PPE ▪ Prior clinical teaching about PPE |
Motivation | |
Automatic motivation | ▪ Unconscious habit – e.g. unconsciously doffing PPE as learned in operating theatre |
Reflective motivation | ▪ Beliefs about benefits of PPE for self-protection |
Opportunity | |
Physical opportunity | ▪ PPE availability/access ▪ Range of PPE sizes and different products ▪ Facility design |
Social opportunity | ▪ Peer behaviour ▪ Clinical team norms ▪ Role models ▪ Time constraints to don and doff PPE ▪ Interference with clinical assessment |