Table 1. Differences in ranking of role model characteristics by different classes of students.

	First year students	Second year students	Third year students	Fourth year students	Fifth year students
Rank 1	Teaching and facilitating learning	Teaching and facilitating learning	Communicator	Teaching and facilitating learning	Teaching and facilitating learning
Rank 2	Patient care	Guiding personal and professional development	Patient care	Patient care	Patient care
Rank 3	Continuing professional development as an educator	Communicator	Continuing professional development as an educator	Continuing professional development as an educator	Continuing professional development as an educator
Rank 4	Professionalism	Continuing professional development as an educator	Professionalism	Safe environment	Communicator
Rank 5	Guiding personal and professional development	Patient care	Teaching and facilitating learning	Communicator	Guiding personal and professional development
Rank 6	Communicator	Safe environment	Safe environment	Professionalism	Professional
Rank 7	Safe environment	Professionalism	Guiding personal and professional development	Guiding personal and professional development	Safe environment