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. 2016 Aug 18;24:e2771. doi: 10.1590/1518-8345.0784.2771

Table 3. Support for learning offered by the immediate manager to the primary health care professionals of the municipality of Goiânia, GO, Brazil, 2014 .

My immediate manager(s): Median Mean Standard deviation Coefficient of variation
Establishes work objectives which encourage me to apply new skills. 7.0 6.2 2.5 0.40
Encourages me to seek new solutions to work problems 7.0 6.5 2.7 0.42
Encourages me to apply new skills 7.5 6.6 2.6 0.39
Values my suggestions for change 7.0 6.5 2.7 0.42
Accepts with me the risks of trying new ways of carrying out the work 7.0 6.3 2.9 0.46
Takes my ideas into account when they are different from his/hers 6.5 6.0 2.8 0.47
Limits the use of my new skills in the work 4.0 4.0 2.8 0.7
Encourages me to face challenges in the work 7.0 6.5 2.7 0.42
Praises me when I apply new skills 6.5 6.3 2.7 0.43
Removes difficulties and obstacles to the application of my new skills in the work 6.0 5.8 2.6 0.45
Ignores the changes which I propose as a result of what I have learned in training 4.0 4.1 2.8 0.68
Gives me the freedom to decide how to carry out my tasks 7.0 6.8 2.4 0.35
Is available to clear up my doubts regarding the use of new skills 8.0 6.8 2.8 0.41