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. 2023 Dec 4;23:914. doi: 10.1186/s12909-023-04908-8

Table 3.

The supervisors’ pedagogical training and knowledge of the training assignment divided by university and non-university hospital

Question All = 1002
n (%)
University hospital = 517
n (%)
Non-University hospital = 485
n (%)
Yes/Agree Yes/Agree Yes/Agree p-value*
Pedagogical training
I have participated in preparatory supervisor training 399 (40) 240 (46) 159 (33) < 0.001
The supervisor’s knowledge of the training assignment
I have received an e-mail with information from the course management about the course structure1 425 (42) 268 (52) 157 (32) < 0.001
The course management has visited my clinic and described the training assignment1 287 (29) 195 (38) 92 (19) < 0.001
I have read the syllabus or other written tutor information from the course management for the current course 488 (49) 280 (54) 208 (40) < 0.001
I am familiar with the current learning objectives of the clinical placement1 689 (69) 391 (76) 298 (61) < 0.001
I feel that I have enough pedagogical knowledge to carry out my educational assignment1 786 (78) 423 (82) 363 (75) 0.007
I feel that goal description and written information from the course management is sufficient for me to be able to complete the training assignment1 588 (59) 350 (68) 238 (46) < 0.001
I feel that the clinical placement is long enough for students to achieve their learning objective.1 595 (59) 311 (60) 284 (55) 0.606
I feel that the clinical placement has a content that allows students to achieve their learning goal.1 285 (28) 136 (26) 149 (29) 0.121

*Difference in responses between doctors working at non-university hospitals and university hospital, χ2 test

1Original question in Likert format, Likert 1–3 assigned label “Disagree”, Likert 4–6 assigned label “Agree”