Table 4 Themes
Themes/comments | Number of times theme mentioned |
|---|---|
Current practices | |
Practice based on institutional policy | 7 |
Practice based on provincial policy | 1 |
Practice based on ability to bill for tonsillectomy | 1 |
Practice based on analogy/previous experience | 2 |
Possible practice changes | |
Willing to change practice based on consensus | 1 |
Should send specimen if patient > 30 | 4 |
Should send specimen if patient > 40 | 2 |
Should send specimens due to rising HPV prevalence | 3 |
No role for routine evaluation | 1 |
Concerns | |
Medicolegal impact of not sending | 1 |
Beliefs | |
Every tissue removed from body requires evaluation | 1 |
Total number of survey responses | 95 |
Total number of participants who left comments | 23 |