Table 8.
Types of clinical teacher reactions: absolute and relative frequencies of the different qualities of teacher reactions to student mistakes
| Teacher reactions to mistakes | Discipline | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Internal medicine | Neurology | Orthopaedics | Overall | ||||||
| Quantity | Ratio (%) | Quantity | Ratio (%) | Quantity | Ratio (%) | Quantity | Ratio (%) | ||
| Feedback | Explicit rejection | 91 | 45.7 | 103 | 83.7 | 37 | 74.0 | 231 | 62.1 |
| Further inquiry | 108 | 54.3 | 20 | 16.3 | 13 | 26.0 | 141 | 37.9 | |
| Elaboration | Low | 83 | 41.7 | 56 | 45.5 | 28 | 56.0 | 167 | 44.9 |
| High | 116 | 58.3 | 67 | 54.5 | 22 | 44.0 | 205 | 55.1 | |
| Time for correction | Yes | 105 | 52.8 | 45 | 36.6 | 18 | 36.0 | 168 | 45.2 |
| No | 94 | 47.2 | 78 | 63.4 | 32 | 64.0 | 204 | 54.8 | |