Table 1.
The questions posed in the focus groups.
| Order | Questions for focus groups involving only transgender community members |
| 1 | Can you tell us a bit about yourself such as what you do for a living? |
| 2 | Can you tell us which personal pronouns you use and a little bit about your gender? |
| 3 | How would you feel about a teaching role for transgender community members within health professional training programmes? |
| 4 | What do you think would be a good approach to teaching trainee health professionals about healthcare for transgender people? |
| 5 | Would you be willing to take on that kind of teaching role? |
| 6 | What kind of support do you think would need to be offered to transgender community members with a teaching role? |
| 7 | What do you think trainee health professionals could learn from being taught by transgender community members? |
| 8 | What would the ideal healthcare for transgender people look like? |
| 9 | To sum up, what do you think are the most important things trainee health professionals need to know when it comes to delivering healthcare for transgender people? |
| Order | Questions for focus groups involving teaching staff and transgender community ambassadors |
| 1 | Can you tell us what you do for a living or a bit about what programme you teach and a bit about your teaching role? |
| 2 | Can you tell us about your gender? |
| 3 | Can you tell us a bit about what is currently taught about providing care for transgender people? |
| 4 | What do you see as the responsibilities of teaching staff in providing education about healthcare transgender people? |
| 5 | How would you feel about a teaching role for transgender community members within health professional training programmes? |
| 6 | What modes of teaching would suit this teaching role? |
| 7 | What kind of characteristics or skills would be good for someone in that role to have? |
| 8 | What kind of support do you think would need to be offered to transgender community members with a teaching role? |
| 9 | How do you think trainee health professionals would respond to this kind of role? |
| 10 | What would the ideal healthcare for transgender people look like? |
| 11 | To sum up, what do you think are the most important things trainee health professionals need to know when it comes to delivering healthcare for transgender people? |