Table 2.

Characteristics of interview participants

Participant Number	Sex	Role	Experience in role, years	Computer system EMIS/Vision	Out-of-hours experience
1a	F	Nurse	47	EMIS	No
1b	F	Nurse	25	EMIS	No
2	M	GP	32	Vision	Yes
3	F	GP	20	EMIS	No
4	M	GP	15	EMIS	No
5	M	GP	3	EMIS	Yes
6	M	GP	28	EMIS	Yes
7	M	GP	18	EMIS	Yes
8	M	GP	4	EMIS	Yes
9	M	GP	24	EMIS	Yes
10	M	GP	8	EMIS	No
11	F	GP	23	Vision	No
12	F	GP	20	Vision	Yes
13	F	GP	28	Vision	No
14	M	GP	14	Vision	Yes
15	M	GP	28	Vision	No
16	F	GP	19	Vision	No
17	F	GP	25	Vision	Yes
18	M	GP	8	EMIS	Yes

F = female. M = male.