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

Table 4.

The supervisor’s prerequisites for clinical teaching 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*
I feel that I get enough support from the person at the clinic who is responsible for the medical students. 1 701 (70) 383 (74) 318 (62) 0.003
The days when I supervise in clinical practice, my production assignment is reduced2 (%Yes) 262 (27) 118 (23) 144 (30) 0.011
I feel that I have enough time set aside for my educational assignment. 1 380 (38) 190 (37) 190 (39) 0.429
Does the clinic have regular meetings for the physicians where the educational assignment is discussed? 232 (23) 133 (26) 99 (20) 0.046
I feel that there is sufficient organized support for the supervisors at the clinical location at my clinic. 1 440 (44) 209 (40) 231 (45) 0.021

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

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

2 Original question with alternatives included how much the workload was reduced (0%/25%/50%/75%/100%), any reduction of workload was categorized as “Yes”