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Characteristics of participant Number of participants Sex Female 5 Male 4 Professional role GP partner 2 Salaried or locuma 3 GP ST3 trainee 4 Total years of clinical experience (since medical qualification) >20 years 1 15–19 years 3 10–14 years 3 5–9 years 2 Years of clinical experience in primary care >15 years 1 10–14 years 3 5–9 years 1 <5 years 4 Self-reported risk and uncertainty tolerance Compared with your peers, are you more or less tolerant of risk? More risk tolerant than peers 5 About average 0 Less risk tolerant than peers 4 Compared with your peers, do you order fewer, or more tests? More than peers 2 About average 4 Fewer than peers 3 Compared with your peers, how well do you handle uncertainty? Better than average 4 About average 3 Worse than average 2 Prior relationship to participant No prior relationship 5 Had met beforeb 2 Had worked together 2 aNone of the participants were purely salaried. All performed locum roles in addition. bParticipants who AB had met on one or more occasion before, but not been work colleagues. For example, contact in educational sessions
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