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Table 1 Tutor demographics overview

From: What can we learn from problem-based learning tutors at a graduate entry medical school? A mixed method approach

 

Percent

Tutor demographics

 12–18 months experience teaching as a PBL tutor

30%

 > 2 years’ experience teaching as a PBL tutor

63%

 % Year 1 tutors

44%

 % Year 2 tutors

56%

 Background: General Practice (GP, primary care)

71%

 Background: Others (Pathology, Psychiatry, Anaesthesia & Oncology)

29%

 Tutors still working clinically

68%

 Clinical work: 5–10 sessions per week

35%

Tutor teaching experience

 • Last attended PBL training

25% in 2016, 22% in 2015, 22% in 2014

 • Completed formal postgraduate education (MSc Med Ed, Dip Clinical Education)

20%

 • Tutors who facilitated > 10 sessions per module

85%

 • Facilitated module previously

93%

 • < 60 mins preparation for sessions

10%

 • 60–90 min preparation for sessions

20%

 • 90–120 min

14%

• > 120 mins preparation for sessions

53%

  1. (n = 59) Data are representative of two surveys completed