Appendix A
Interview Questions
  1. How many children with diabetes under the age of 18 do you see? 
  2. How many young adults are referred back to you from the pediatric center once they have reached 18-19? 
  3. What is the process by which you currently receive emerging young adults with Type 1 Diabetes into your practice? 
  4. What is the process by which you currently transition your patients into adult care? 
  5. Do any of your now adult patients stay here for any part of their diabetes care? 
  6. What is the specialty training of the adult physicians to whom the physicians send their patients to? 
  7. Do you have any way of knowing if patients are seen once they are transferred from your care? 
  8. How do you prepare your patients for the transition to adult care? 
  9. Do you feel your patients are usually prepared to make the transition when they do? 
  10. Are there any changes in the services provided when they transition into adult care? 
  11. What do you believe the goals of transition should be? 
  12. How well is our current method of transition meeting these goals? 
  13. What challenges do you see patients having navigating the adult system? 
  14. What are the challenges that you experience in the process of transitioning patients to adult care?
  15. What forms of communications are used to let family doctors know about the transfer? 
  16. What should the role of the family doctor be for emerging adults with diabetes? 
  17. What needs to be in place to allow family physicians to play a greater role in supporting emerging adults with type 1 Diabetes? 
  18. Can you describe any initiatives at your center to improve the transition of diabetes patients into adult care? 
  19. What suggestions do you have for improving the transitioning of patients into adult care? 
  20. Is there anything you would like to add about the transition process to adult care?