Table 2.

Questions relating to applications for the role

Question	Response	n (%)
Who can apply for the role^a^,^b	Only final-year SpRs	39 (22.7)
	Only SpRs doing GIM as part of their training	102 (59.3)
	Only SpRs with experience of ‘management’	46 (26.7)
	Only SpRs with ambitions to be ‘senior medical leaders’	68 (39.5)
Would you be interested in applying for the role^a	Yes	28 (17.3)
	No	90 (55.6)
	Unsure	44 (27.2)
If not interested in applying for the role, what has influenced your decision^a^,^b	My trust of choice did not offer the role	13 (10.7)
	I wasn't aware the role existed	20 (16.5)
	I don't know what the role entails	50 (41.3)
	Unlikely to be successful	11 (9.1)
	It would harm my clinical training	7 (5.8)
	Training programme director unsupportive	4 (3.3)
Would you prefer to do the role in programme or out of programme^a	In programme	74 (68.5)
	Out of programme	19 (17.6)
	Unsure or not interested	15 (13.9)
What information would you find useful^a^,^b	Examples of ‘a day in the life’ of a chief registrar	92 (80)
	More information on the application process	57 (49.6)
	Examples of skills developed as a chief registrar	86 (74.8)
	More information on the training provided by the RCP	65 (56.5)

↵^a = response rates to each question varied, therefore percentages vary between questions;
↵^b = questions permitted respondents to select multiple responses; GIM = general internal medicine; RCP = Royal College of Physicians; SpR = specialist registrar.