A survey of the practice and experience of clinical educators in UK secondary care

BMC Medical Education

Table 1 Respondent demographics

		n	%
Sex
	Male	333	64.3
	Female	185	35.7
Age
	Up to 35 years	16	3.1
	36-45 years	194	37.5
	46-55 years	241	46.5
	56-65 years	67	12.9
	66 years or above	0	0
Role description
	NHS Consultant	467	90.2
	University Clinical Professor	7	1.4
	University Clinical Senior Lecturer	21	4.1
	Associate Specialist	13	2.5
	Other Specialty doctor	8	1.5
	Consultant level in non-NHS organisation	2	0.4
	GP	12	2.3
	Other	15	2.9
Education responsibility
	Education Supervisor	398	76.8
	Clinical Supervisor	468	90.3
	College Tutor	42	8.1
	Training Programme Director	33	6.4
	Head of School	9	1.7
	Foundation Programme Director	5	1
	Clinical sub-dean	1	0.2
	Director of Medical Education/Clinical Tutor	6	1.2
	Deanery Associate Postgraduate Dean	4	0.8
	College Regional Adviser	18	3.5
	Other	74	14.3
Educational activities with
	Undergraduate medical students	404	78
	FY1 trainees	310	59.8
	FY2 trainees	365	70.5
	CT level registrars	339	65.4
	ST level registrars	452	87.3
	GP registrars	155	29.9
	None at present	3	0.6

CT, Core Trainee; FY1/2, Foundation Doctor Year 1 or 2; GP, General Practitioner; ST, Speciality Trainee. nâ€‰=â€‰number of respondents.

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