Level of satisfaction with medical school, Main focus of intended practice, If you intend to join or set up a practice what type of practice set-up would you prefer? For which patient population(s) do you intend to provide locum tenens care? Practice in a hospital setting? Practice in another province or territory in Canada? What do you think will be factors in having a satisfying and successful medical practice?

Have you used or been exposed to electronic health records (EHRs) to enter/retrieve patient clinical notes during your clinical training? How would you prefer to be paid for your services as a physician?

Debt incurred during your education prior to medical school, Debt incurred during medical school [student loans], demographics of residents

Includes: Estimated health care sector purchases from vendors (outsourcing, support & training, software, consulting & integration, hardware), EMR (electronic medical records) technology adoption

Perceived area of healthcare for greatest change in demand (e.g. Geriatrics/aging population, Access to GPs, hospitals, specialists, Chronic disease, Extended care/long term care)

Do you think the demands on your practice specifically will increase, decrease, stay the same over the next 5 years? What actions will you take to accommodate the increase in your practice? (refer patients to another GP, invest in technology to better manage patient records, hire additional nurses, hire more physicians)

% agree: My patients ask more questions related to their health than inthe past, My patients are more knowledgeable about diseases and symptoms than they were in the past, The average age of my patients is increasing, I spend less time with my patients.

% would choose a different career if they knew what they know now, What percentage of your time do you spend on: Patient care, Adminsitrative tasks / paperwork, Office managemtn, Learning about new procedures, Conferneces/continuing education.

How accurate is the health record information you have on the patients you treat? % of the health records you access regularly are fully electronic [electronic health records (EHRs)], What percent do they represent of your total practice? Impact of electronic records on various areas (e.g. Access to medical history, Ordering medications, Results review for radiology images, including pictures archiving and communications systems (PACS))

How important is it for you to be able to access patient information from other parts of the healthcare system to enable you to provide better healthcare to your patients? I believe the general patient information currently available in the healthcare system in British Columbia is accurate, useful, timely, easy to understand. What would you identify as the biggest gap in the healthcare record system that is currently in place in British Columbia?