Table 4.
Clinical teaching behavior according to general characteristics and correlations with perceptions of precepting experiences (n = 180).
| Variables | Categories | n (%) | Clinical Teaching Behavior | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M ± SD or r | t or F (p) | ||||
| No. of precepting experiences | 1 (a) | 62 (34.4) | 87.40 ± 9.55 | 4.29 (0.015) a < c |
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| 2–3 (b) | 84 (46.7) | 89.00 ± 9.58 | |||
| ≥4 (c) | 34 (18.9) | 93.50 ± 10.94 | |||
| Ratio of preceptor to preceptee | 1:1 or better | 142 (78.9) | 89.26 ± 9.63 | −0.10 (0.919) | |
| Worse than 1:1 | 38 (21.1) | 89.45 ± 11.47 | |||
| Duration of preceptorship (weeks) | <4 | 79 (43.9) | 89.97 ± 10.65 | 0.80 (0.426) | |
| ≥4 | 101 (56.1) | 88.77 ± 9.51 | |||
| Training for Preceptorship | Yes | 109 (60.6) | 89.51 ± 9.94 | 0.35 (0.724) | |
| No | 71 (39.4) | 88.97 ± 10.20 | |||
| Education type | Didactic | Yes | 103 (57.2) | 90.05 ± 9.28 | 1.16 (0.247) |
| No | 77 (42.8) | 88.30 ± 10.91 | |||
| Simulation | Yes | 24 (13.3) | 86.83 ± 13.26 | −1.30 (0.196) | |
| No | 156 (86.7) | 89.70 ± 9.41 | |||
| Nursing skills practice | Yes | 27 (15.0) | 91.07 ± 10.97 | 1.00 (0.319) | |
| No | 153 (85.0) | 88.99 ± 9.85 | |||
| Role-playing | Yes | 18 (10.0) | 94.28 ± 10.71 | 2.25 (0.026) | |
| No | 162 (90.0) | 88.75 ± 9.81 | |||
| Positive perception of precepting experiences | 0.332 | <0.001 | |||