Table 3.

Ranking of Site Characteristics

Rank	Question	Number saying important to learning (%)	Number not answering question	Number saying detrimental for learning (%)
1	Effective teachers	1569 (98.4)	4	3 (0.2)
2	Opportunity to see patients independently	1592 (97.3)	6	0
3	Opportunity to see a large variety of patients	1511 (94.8)	4	1 (0.1)
4	Opportunity to see an adequate number of patients	1496 (93.9)	5	2 (0.1)
5	Preceptors readily available	1490 (93.5)	4	2 (0.1)
6	Opportunity to do procedures	1357 (85.3)	8	3 (0.2)
7	Readily available examination room	1348 (84.8)	9	1 (0.1)
8	Opportunity to see patients in follow-up visits	1275 (80.1)	6	1 (0.1)
9	Opportunity to observe preceptor if desired	1239 (77.8)	6	0
10	Opportunity to interact with consultants and/or referring doctors	1227 (77.1)	7	0
11	Block rotation	1094 (68.8)	7	3 (0.2)
12	Efforts to meet objectives made by preceptor	1059 (66.5)	5	1 (0.1)
13	Teaching of medical record keeping skills	956 (60.0)	4	0
14	Computer learning resources available in the clinic	947 (59.4)	3	0
15	Orientation to the practice	937 (59.0)	11	1 (0.1)
16	Teaching of time management skills	904 (56.7)	3	3 (0.2)
17	Teaching of office management skills	872 (54.7)	4	2 (0.1)
18	Clearly defined site objectives for the rotation	843 (52.9)	5	4 (0.2)
19	Library resources available in the clinic	778 (48.8)	4	0
20	Existence of a site-coordinator	762 (48.4)	22	2 (0.1)
21	Longitudinal/horizontal rotation	603 (38.4)	29	42 (2.7)
22	Limited number of preceptors	443 (27.9)	13	233 (14.7)
23	Presence of other trainees in the clinic	432 (27.1)	4	74 (4.6)
24	Close proximity of clinic to campus	366 (23.0)	8	5 (0.3)