TABLE 1.

Questions used during focus groups for residents and faculty

Questions in resident focus group	Questions in faculty focus group
To what extent is the CanMEDS role of collaborator taught as part of your residency training? How is it taught?	In what ways, if any, do you teach the CanMEDS role of collaborator to your residents?
To what extent is this role modeled by your staff person? In what ways?	What type of instruction have you had about teaching the role of the collaborator to residents?
Are you exposed to any models of intra-professional collaboration (between doctors)?	How do you model this role for your residents during the course of your work? Are you able to model both inter- and intra-professional collaboration? (Inter- is between physicians and other allied healthcare professionals; intra- is between physicians)
How important is it to learn about the role of collaborator as part of residency training?	In what ways do you have the opportunity to witness your residents serving in this role? Who else observes the residents in this role?
Do you receive feedback (ie, more informal) or an assessment on your performance as a collaborator?	By what methods do you assess residents with regard to their performance as collaborators? How do you feel about your abilities to assess the residents in this role?
Who assesses you? Are there others who could offer assessment or feedback on your performance as a collaborator?	How could the assessment be structured so as to be more meaningful for you as a method of providing feedback and constructive criticism?
How helpful is this assessment to you? How could the assessment be structured so as to be more meaningful and helpful to you?	What do you think about your own abilities as a collaborator?
In what ways, if any, have you changed your way of practicing, based on feedback that you received about your performance as a collaborator?	How important is it to teach the role of collaborator as part of residency training?