Table 1.

Demographic information and experience (teaching and clinical) of participants

	Average age	Profession	Post held	Qualification	Average years of experience as a practitioner	Average years of experience as an academic	Involvement in curriculum design
Focus group 1- dental practitioners with occupational health problems (n = 7)	40.7	Dentist, dental therapist and oral hygienists	Lecturers and clinicians	Undergraduate degree (n = 5) Master’s degree (n = 1) PhD (n = 1)	19	6.7	Two participants had experience with curriculum design and development
Focus group 2- multidisciplinary team (n = 9)	43.7	Optometrist, physiotherapist, ergonomist, audiologist, occupational therapist, dentist, dental therapist, dentists	Lecturers, senior lecturers, professors and clinicians	Undergraduate degree (n = 2) Master’s degree (n = 2) PhD (n = 5)	20.8 years	12.1	All participants except for one had experience with curriculum design and development. Three participants were involved with curriculum reviews at other universities
Focus group 3- dental practitioners (n = 13)	41.6	Dentists, dental therapist and oral hygienists	Dentists, dental therapists and oral hygienists that have honorary clinical supervision posts	Undergraduate degree 9 (n = 13)	17.5	All participants are clinical supervisors with 2 having teaching experience	Two participants had experience with curriculum design and development
Focus group- 4 dental academics (n = 7)	49.1	Dentists, dental therapist and oral hygienists	Senior tutors, lecturers and senior lecturers and clinical supervisors	Undergraduate degree (n = 2) Master’s degree (n = 2) PhD (n = 3)	23.1	12.1	All participants had experience with curriculum design and development. Two participants were involved with curriculum reviews at other universities