Table 4.

Reasons for lacking confidence in ability to meet requirements of MPC

Reason	Subthemes
Employment status	Not in full-time practice
	Non-clinical role
	Maternity leave
	Working abroad
	Sick leave
	Career break
Lack of time	Cover for clinical work
	Busy clinical workload
	Personal/family time
Audit	Time
	Lack of skills, training and support
	Employment status
Expense
Quantity and quality of CPD courses	Lack of relevant CPD courses
	Not enough online courses

CPD, continuing professional development; MPC, maintenance of professional competence.