Table 5 Illustration of the analysis process
Meaning unit | Condensation | Code | Subcategory | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|
“If you want to change something you may have to challenge a senior colleague, not everyone wants to do that.” | Difficult to change established practices | Difficulty challenging norms | Collegial dialogue | Embracing EBP in PC |
“I believe that there is less micromanagement in PC compared to specialist care. Less guidelines and such.” | Less micromanagement in PC | Less micromanagement | Reliance on evidence | Embracing EBP in PC |
“Evidence is very much on group level, while we only focus on the individual.” | Group level evidence instead of individual | Evidence not tailored to the individual | The patient encounter | Managing EBP in PC |
“A strange thing is the opinion that clinical experience is looked upon as the norm when it comes to what works and what doesn’t… It might be generational.” | Clinical experience most valued | Clinical experience is the norm | Collegial dialogue | Embracing EBP in PC |
“My experience is that we have an increased awareness of the sheer volume of knowledge that you are supposed to possess while simultaneously we have less time to collect this knowledge.” | More information, less time | More information, less time | Barriers to EBP | Managing EBP in PC |