Table 1.

Tutors’ sociodemographic data, clinical and teaching experience

Socio-demographic data and clinical and teaching experience	All	Generalists	Specialists	p
	n=38	n=22	n=16
Female n (%)	17 (45%)	13 (59%)	4 (25%)	0.079
Mean age (SD)	45 (8)	44 (9)	48 (5)	0.123
Mean years of clinical experience (SD)	18 (8)	17 (10)	20 (6)	0.341
Mean years of clinical supervision (SD)	9 (7)	8 (7)	11 (6)	0.133
Mean years as OSCE tutor (SD)	4 (4)	5 (4)	4 (3)	0.642
Involved in communication skills teaching n (%)	16 (42%)	14 (64%)	2 (12%)	0.005
Structured training in feedback skills n (%)	28 (74%)	19 (86%)	9 (56%)	0.062