Table 1 Interview guide for semi-structured interviews

Introduction

1.Can you tell me a little about yourself and your career progression?

2.Tell me about what study/training you have undertaken in nutrition?

3.What thoughts, feelings or perspectives come to mind when you think about your nutrition training?

Unique perspectives from working in two professions

4.Tell me about how your further study/training in nutrition informs your current work?

5.Tell me about the nutrition knowledge and skills that you regularly draw on in clinical practice? What supports (or hinders) you being able to use these skills in clinical practice?

6.What are some of the challenges in providing nutrition care in your current role? What would nutrition focused medicine look like in an ideal world?

7.In an ideal scenario how would a doctor work effectively with a dietitian to optimise nutrition outcomes for a client/patient?

Directions for medical curriculum

8.Tell me about what nutrition education you received in medical school? What were the strengths? Limitations?

9.If applicable, what limitations do you recognise in the current medical curriculum?

10.What do you think that doctors need to know about nutrition?

11.What nutrition knowledge and concepts do you think are essential in medical education?

12.What skills and abilities do doctors need to have upon entry to internship? OR What nutrition competencies are essential for medical graduates? How should competency in nutrition be assessed in medical school?

13.How should nutrition education be taught in medical school and further training?

14.Do you have any perspectives on who is best placed to teach nutrition?

15.What are the current gaps in nutrition skills in the medical workforce, and how may these gaps be rectified?