Table 2. Environmental scan results: preferences for new behaviour change tools and behaviour change professional development opportunities
QuestionCategoryResponses, n
If we were to create a behaviour change professional development opportunity, what should we consider to make it most useful to you? (viable responses n = 34) Modality
  • Online

  • Online and face-to-face

5
Design
  • Asynchronous

  • Free or easy to access

  • Easy to use

  • Brief

  • Logical to work through

  • Evidence-based

  • Applicable to broad range of behaviours or conditions

  • Advanced training options

  • Appropriately remunerated for the professional

  • PD opportunities for GPs should be tailored towards the individual doctor and their patient profile

13
Content and activities
  • Effective audio-visual resources

  • Concise, unambiguous language

  • Small group reflection

  • Opportunity for reflective writing

  • Helping the professional measure success

  • PDF summary

  • Webinar

  • Modelling language

  • Understanding deeper motivations

  • Trust and therapeutic relationship

  • A range of behaviour change examples

12
Delivery
  • Professionalised

  • Incorporated into routine practice or existing systems

  • Can be patient-led and started outside consultation hours

4
If we were to create a behaviour change tool, what should we consider to make it most helpful to you? (viable responses n = 32) Design
  • Free or easy to access

  • Easy to use

  • Versatile

  • Brief

  • Evidence-based

  • Practical

  • Patient acceptability

21
Content
  • Culturally sensitive

  • Gender-sensitive

  • Easily understood

  • Complementary patient and provider material

  • Patient-centric

  • Diversity

6
Delivery
  • Incorporated into routine practice or existing systems

  • Ongoing evaluation

5
  • PD = professional development