How do German medical students perceive role models during clinical placements (“Famulatur”)? An empirical study

BMC Medical Education

Table 3 Relationships between self-assessed learning gains and perceived role models shown as correlation coefficients (Spearman’s rho)

	Positive perceptions of role models			Negative perceptions of role models
	Consultant	Junior doctor	Nursing staff	Consultant	Junior doctor	Nursing staff
Knowledge/theory	0.43^***	0.12	0.02	−0.32^**	− 0.14	0.11
Proficiency/skills	0.43^***	0.14	0.10	−0.28^**	−0.18	0.13
Social competence in the team	0.29^**	0.20	0.24^*	−0.31^**	−0.18	0.12
Patient presentation	0.11	0.25^*	0.09	−0.17	0.02	0.19
Work processes	0.38^***	0.25^*	0.30^**	−0.26^*	− 0.14	0.21^*
Documentation	0.33^**	0.22^*	0.27^*	−0.17	−0.10	0.05