Question outline
- Professional self
- Why general practice?
- Tell me about your role in the practice – what role do you undertake?
- What role do you enjoy most?
- What do you feel about general practice now?
- Can you describe the most difficult incident/event in the practice in the last six months?
- What was your response?
- How do you think your partners and staff view you?
- Future hopes
- Where do you want to be in five years’ time?
- Are you on course for achieving this?
- What do you identify as your personal strengths? Can we identify what forces will hinder your future plans?
- What forces will act positively on future plans?
- What do you see as your greatest achievement?
- Social self
- How do you spend your time when not working?
- How would your best friend describe you?
- What do you get from your social interests/activities?
- Do you feel you actively make time for outside interests – or simply use what time is left after work commitments are fulfilled?
- What do you look for in your relationships with friends?
- Personal self
- Tell me about the people who most influenced your formative years.
- What characterises your own upbringing?
- What sort of person would you describe yourself as being?
- What events/circumstances do you find most stressful?
- Who do you turn to for support?
- To whom do you offer support?
- Educational experience
- What has been your most enjoyable educational experience?
- Why was it enjoyable?
- Can you give me an example of a negative learning event?
- What effect might this have had on you?
- What is your preferred style of learning?
- What are
- your strengths in learning?
- your limitations in learning?
- In what areas would you like to increase skills and knowledge?
- Future plans
- Can we define 3 objectives for your professional development?
- Can we clarify learning needs related to these objectives?
- What would you see as being obstacles to your professional development?
- What would you see as our future working agenda?
- Are there other areas of discussion you would like to develop, or return to?