Training interns in nutrition and dietetics: a cross-sectional study of the barriers and motivators to being a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist preceptor

Table 5 Mean response values for Likert scale constructs by preceptor experience status (n = 308)

Characteristics, mean (SD^a)	Total (308)	Current Preceptors 29% (161)	Former Preceptors 20% (113)	Never Precepted 51% (278)
Value of the preceptor role**	33.1 ± 4.0	33.7^a ± 3.7	33.3^{a, b} ± 3.7	32.4^b ± 4.4
Institutional support for precepting***	25.4 ± 4.3	26.7^a ± 4.0	25.1^{b, c} ± 4.4	24.2^{b, c} ± 4.1
Interns as valuable asset	15.8 ± 2.2	16.1 ± 2.1	15.6 ± 2.3	15.5 ± 2.1
Interns as a risk at work	8.3 ± 2.4	8.0 ± 2.1	8.8 ± 2.7	8.3 ± 2.4

*P < 0.05; ***P < 0.001; ^{a, b, c} indicates means that are significantly different from each other
^aSD Standard deviation

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