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Table 1 Interview guide

From: Decision-making by medical officer in charge during major incidents: a qualitative study

Can you describe an event in which you made strategic decisions?*

How did you get the information about the major incident?*

What function did you have during the major incident?*

Were there any checklist or action plans that specified your responsibilities and decisions to be made?

What were you trying to achieve with the decisions you made?

Can you give an example of a decision you made during a major incident?*

What do you think influenced or could have influenced your decision-making process?*

What information was needed to make these decisions?

What were the main challenges when managing the major incident?

Do you have specific training in acting as a MOC and in making this type of necessary strategic decisions?

Faced with a similar situation in the future, would you do anything differently?

  1. Note that only questions marked with * were used in all interviews