Table 1 Participant characteristics (N = 12)

Specialty

Pulmonology

4

Gastroenterology

3

Emergency medicine

2

Gynecology

1

Urology

1

Orthopedic surgery

1

Medical school

University of Groningen

8

University of Amsterdam

2

University of Rotterdam

1

University of Nijmegen

1

Years of experience as junior doctor (range 6 months – 4.5 years)

0–1 year

2

1–2 years

6

>  2 years

4

Years of residency training (range 9 months – 6.0 years)

0–2 years

4

2–4 years

6

>  4 years

2

Decision making role preference as reported in previous study [3]

Paternalistic

4

Informative

1

Shared decision making

7

Usual decision making role as reported in previous study [3]

Paternalistic

7

Informative

0

Shared decision making

5