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Table 10 Supervisors’ beliefs about near-peer teaching (\( \overline{\chi} \) ± s.d.)

From: Supporting near-peer teaching in general practice: a national survey

Statement

GPS

N = 164

Learners teaching can reduce time pressures on supervisors

3.9 (0.86)

Teaching by learner-teachers is generally less effective for the other learners than teaching by supervisors

2.5 (0.86)

Learner-teachers improve their own learning through teaching others

4.4 (0.55)

Getting learners to teach is a form of succession planning

4.2 (0.65)

Having learners teach creates capacity to take on more learners

3.9 (0.94)

Learners in the practice enjoy being taught by another learner

3.9 (0.74)

Supervisors can learn from presentations delivered by learners in the practice

4.5 (0.55)

Having learners teach is financially beneficial to the practice

3.1 (1.00)

Learners in general practice often have prior skills and knowledge to contribute

4.3 (0.74)

GP registrars often have prior experience teaching juniors

3.8 (0.86)

  1. GPS General practitioner supervisor, 1 = strongly disagree; 2 = disagree; 3 = not sure; 4 = agree; 5 = strongly agree