Perceived job demands and resources of newly qualified midwives working in primary care settings in the Netherlands | 43 Appendix I Topiclist group interviews Participant characteristics - Gender - Age - University - Employed / Selfemployed Work characteristics Job-demands • Which challenges did you encounter in practice, just after graduation? • What did you have to learn, as you experienced working in practice? • How did you experienced the job demands? • In what way was the job demanding (physical and mentally)? Job-resources • Which aspects of the job were facilitating in doing your work? • Which factors provide energy / did you experience as motivating? Personal characteristics Personal resources If you reflect on yourself or a peer: • Which behaviour/qualities/skills helped in the execution of your work? • Which factors helped you seek balance between work and private life? • Which pitfalls did you see in yourself or your newly graduated colleagues? Appendix II Questions for participants 1. How did you experienced the first period in practice, after graduation (physically, mentally)? 2. What is your opinion about you performance as newly qualified midwife? 3. Which aspects of the job did you experience as hard/tough, or costed you energy? 4. Which aspects of the job provide you with energy? 5.
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