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Table 1 Semi-structured guide for interviews with GPs and healthcare professionals

From: How do general practitioners handle complexities? A team ethnographic study in Japan

For GPs in their institution

For healthcare professionals

What types of clinical tasks have you performed as a GP in your institution?

What types of clinical tasks have you performed in your institution with GPs?

What do other healthcare professionals think about your tasks and how you work in the organization?

What do you think about the GPs’ tasks in your institution and how you work with them in the organization?

How do you work and collaborate with other professionals and/or other departments in your organization/local community?

How do the GPs in your institution work and collaborate with other professionals and/or other departments (including you) in your organization/local community?

What kinds of collaboration do you have with neighboring organizations?

What kinds of collaboration do you have with neighboring organizations?

How and which professionals are mainly responsible for internal and external collaboration in each organization? How have GPs (including you) been involved in this process?

How and which professionals are mainly responsible for internal and external collaboration in each organization? How have GPs been involved in this process?

How has your organizational culture developed, and who has been involved? How have the GPs in your institution been involved in this process?

How has your organizational culture developed, and who has been involved? How have GPs in your institution been involved in this process?

How has your organization approached patients and lay people in the local community? How do you think they feel about it? What impact do you think this approach has had on patients and community members? How have the GPs (including you) been involved in this process?

How has your organization approached patients and lay people in the local community? How do you think they feel about it? What impact do you think this approach has had on patients and community members? How have GPs in your institution been involved in this process?