Coding categories - determining factors in choosing GP as their career path		What makes you interested to be a GP		What makes you not interested to be a GP?
		Number of responses	Quotes example	Number of responses	Quotes example
1	Reward/salary	3	“enough rewards”	30	“unfair rewards between work with knowledge and working responsibilities” “low salary with minimal rewards”
2	The science	36	“various cases” “more experiences”	48	“too much to be learned” “too broad science”
3	Responsibility and competence, including ·    National assurance coverage (BPJS) ·    Time ·    Family time ·    Facility	32	“flexible working time” “front liners, first liner” “caring holistically”	40	“restricted facilities with limited competence” “under-controlled by assurance system” “took too much time for working”
4	Social hierarchy ·    cooperation ·    career	3		27	“community stigma” “unclear career pathway” “there too big gap between specialist and GP” “lower income than specialist”
5	Social/community perspectives:	40	“I Want to have a close relationship with the community” “Want to give service to the community.” “I want to be the first point of contact of the community.”	13	“low community interest” “having low trust from the community”
6	Spiritual	5	“Make good deed, achieve rewards.”	-
Interested		36	Not interested	70

Int J Med Educ. 2022; 13:56-63; doi: 10.5116/ijme.6209.1974