Table 13.

Barriers to near-peer teaching in general practice ($\overline{\chi }$ ± s.d.)

Statement	GPS N = 217 MLL	GPS N = 29 SLL	GPR N = 194	PT N = 246	MS N = 262
Loss of income to GP supervisors	2.3 (1.10)	2.9(1.1)	2.6(0.94)	2.6(0.87)	2.5(0.92)
Loss of income to registrars	2.4 (0.95)	2.8(0.98)	2.6(0.95)	2.6(0.88)	2.5(0.90)
Learners' short placements	2.3 (0.97)	2.3(0.97)	2.2(0.91)	2.4(0.88)	2.5(0.84)
Learners who lack confidence in their teaching skills	-	3.0(0.82)	2.8(0.85)	2.8(0.82)	3.1(0.80)
Fears about patient safety when registrars parallel consult with medical students	2.5 (0.92)	2.7(0.85)	2.5(0.93)	2.3(0.88)	2.4(0.91)
Concerns about overloading learner-teachers	2.8 (0.81)	3.1(0.75)	2.9(0.87)	2.7(0.78)	2.8(0.82)
Concerns about the quality of teaching provided by learner-teachers	2.7 (0.78)	3.2(0.63)	2.9(0.80)	2.8(0.82)	2.9(0.83)

GPS general practitioner supervisor, GPR general practice registrar, PT prevocational trainee, MS medical student,1 = unimportant; 2 = mildly important; 3 = important; 4 = very important