Table 1 Depicts tensions between students’ actual experiences and their preceding expectations
Students experience was that … … | despite having expected that … … |
|---|---|
only selected clinicians were enthusiastic about teaching responsibilities, … … | … … skilled teaching is what professionals should do. |
they seldom have the opportunity to observe clinicians in action, … … | … … there would be opportunities to do so. |
it isn’t always easy to become a member of the clinical team, … … | … … they would join clinical teams. |
clinicians did not have time to interrogate clinical reasoning, … … | … … this was the time when they would be able to test their clinical reasoning skills. |
they are very seldom observed and even less often given feedback, … … | … … they would receive corrective feedback on their performance. |
the complexity of clinical teaching was frustrating so they prefer to be given the “correct” answers, … … | … … learning would be facilitated by being given responsibility for patient care. |
it is difficult to ask for teaching, … … | … … clinical teaching is about opportunities to “do”. |