Participant characteristics (total participants=21)
| Characteristics | No. of participants (%) |
| Area of practice* | |
| Cardiology | 4 (19) |
| Gastroenterology | 2 (10) |
| General medicine | 7 (33) |
| Geriatric medicine | 2 (10) |
| Infectious disease | 1 (5) |
| Medical oncology | 2 (10) |
| Nephrology | 3 (14) |
| Palliative care | 7 (33) |
| Haematology | 1 (5) |
| Respiratory | 1 (5) |
| Qualification | |
| Consultant | 11 (52) |
| Resident or registrar | 10 (48) |
| Years of experience | |
| <5 | 5 (24) |
| 5–10 | 7 (33) |
| 11–20 | 3 (14) |
| >20 | 6 (29) |
| Gender | |
| Female | 10 (48) |
| Male | 11 (52) |
| Experience with advance care directives in clinical practice | |
| Yes | 19 (90) |
| No | 2 (10) |
*Some participants had more than one area of practice.