Table 1.
Characteristics of participants (n=20)
| Participant characteristics | Number (% total or range, as indicated) |
| Sex | |
| Male | 13 (65) |
| Female | 7 (35) |
| Current profession | |
| GP academic | 9 (45) |
| Academic/professor/researcher | 7 (35) |
| Practicing GP | 3 (15) |
| Survey programme director | 1 (5) |
| Country where they are based | |
| Australia | 10 (50) |
| New Zealand | 3 (15) |
| UK | 3 (15) |
| USA | 2 (10) |
| Canada | 1 (5) |
| Switzerland | 1 (5) |
| Years of experience: (median in bold) | |
| Primary care research | |
| 0–9 | 3 (15) |
| 10–14 | 4 (20) |
| 15–19 | 3 (15) |
| 20–24 | 3 (15) |
| 25+ | 7 (35) |
| Primary care practice | |
| 0–9 | 6 (30) |
| 10–14 | 1 (5) |
| 15–19 | 0 (0) |
| 20–24 | 3 (15) |
| 25+ | 10 (50) |
| Health administration, governance and management | |
| 0–9 | 13 (65) |
| 10–14 | 3 (15) |
| 15–19 | 0 (0) |
| 20–24 | 3 (15) |
| 25+ | 1 (5) |
| Patient advocacy and consumer representation | |
| 0–9 | 19 (95) |
| 10–14 | 0 (0) |
| 15–19 | 1 (5) |
| 20–24 | 0 (0) |
| 25+ | 0 (0) |
| Self-reported level of expertise in: | |
| Patient-centred care | |
| Did not answer or none | 1 (5) |
| Beginner | 1 (5) |
| Intermediate | 5 (25) |
| Proficient | 7 (35) |
| Exper | 6 (30) |
| Survey administration | |
| Did not answer or none | 2 (10) |
| Beginner | 1 (5) |
| Intermediate | 6 (30) |
| Proficient | 3 (15) |
| Expert | 8 (40) |