Table 7.

 Correlations of approaches to learning and workplace climate with barriers to continuing medical education

Barriers	Approaches to learning				Workplace climate
	Surface rational	Surface disorganised	Deep		Choice-independence	Workload	Supportive-receptive
Cost	0.153**	0.181**	−0.068		−0.229**	0.150**	−0.163**
Time	0.095	0.314**	−0.061		−0.186**	0.401**	−0.137
Access to information resources	0.164**	0.308**	0.049		−0.060	0.194**	−0.113
Distance to conferences	0.102	0.183**	0.106*		−0.089	0.187**	−0.041
Finding replacements/coverage	0.071	0.273**	−0.057		−0.186**	0.264**	−0.130*
Tailored to fit needs	0.076	0.249**	0.124*		0.012	0.226**	−0.028
Practice responsibilities	0.108*	0.237**	0.035		−0.172**	0.352**	−0.098

^*P<0.05, ^**P<0.01.