Table 2 Examples of how descriptors were derived from the data

… being unable to persist the practice of the profession [which is reflected in being] insecure, anxious, and in the end burn-out. FF4

Burn-out-related symptoms

Nervous exhaustion complaints

… illness after illness and then a pregnancy, with the result that after 2.5 years she still had not completed her first year of GP internship. FF6

Unclear conditions

… she immediately puts her agenda on the table and says: “I want this… I have to pick up the children, so I have to leave at five. And I want this. And I am entitled to compensation” ... SM6

Work according to collective labour agreements mentality

Nine-to-five mentality

I had a resident who was very much a collective labour agreements resident. He wouldn’t do anything extra. He was in the training practice only for a short time, because then he would be off to a festival again … That’s a generational thing, I think. SM2

Work according to collective labour agreements mentality

Younger generation mentality