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Table 1 Tutors’ sociodemographic data, clinical and teaching experience

From: The quality of feedback during formative OSCEs depends on the tutors’ profile

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