Table 1. Interview participant characteristics

WONCA world region	Participants, n	Age range, years	Range in practice, years^a
Asia Pacific	3	37–52	11–25
Africa	2	42–54	10–21
North America	4	42–61	3–24
Iberoamericana-CIMF	3	31–60	3–31
Europe	3	32–44	1–14
South Asia	2	43–55	14–15
East Mediterranean	2	47–57	18–28

^aOne participant was working part-time, three were on career breaks, and all others worked full-time. Four participants worked clinically as a family doctor, the other 15 combined clinical work with work as an educator in academia or healthcare management. CIMF = Confederación Iberoamericana de Medicina Familiar. WONCA = World Organization of Family Doctors.