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Table 4 Results of the thematic analysis in terms of categories and themes generated

From: Engaging primary care practitioners in quality improvement: making explicit the program theory of an interprofessional education intervention

Research question

Themes

Categories

According to you, what were the objectives of this workshop?

Adopting a regional perspective

Examining practices at a regional level

Having a regional perspective of patient management

Having a regional vision

Reflecting

Reflecting on our own practice

Reflecting on ways by which we can improve our practice

Understanding how we manage our case load

Allowing us to reflect on quality of care improvement

Reflecting on follow-up of patients

Analyzing the global situation

Recognizing our strengths and weaknesses

Recognizing gaps between practice and guidelines

Comparing practice with clinical guidelines

Comparing with good practices

Recognizing gaps between practices and

guidelines

Recognizing the relevance of performance feedback

Collaborating

Working in interdisciplinary

Working in collaboration

Having a better vision of each other roles

Being more aware of what other professionals are doing

Changing our view of collaboration

Recognizing complementarities between professionals

Facilitating networking

Knowing what is done elsewhere in order to improve our practice

Identifying possible practice improvements

Identifying one aspect of practice we wish to improve

Identifying possible ways to improve practice

Offering better care

Providing more homogenous and standardized chronic disease care in the region

Improving treatment adherence

Developing clinical tools