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Table 5 Teaching/training commitments

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

 

Yes (%)

No (%)

Hours per week (%)

   

None

<1.0

1 to 3

>3.0

Not sure

Undergraduate/medical student teaching

       

Set hours in job plan to teach/supervise medical students

169 (32.6)

349 (67.4)

0 (0)

46 (27.2)

76 (45.0)

39 (23.1)

8 (4.7)

Undergraduate teaching hours subsumed within SPA allocation

216 (41.7)

302 (58.3)

79 (35.6)

58 (26.9)

10 (4.6)

15 (6.9)

54 (25.0)

Spend more than allocated hours teaching UG students

200 (38.6)

318 (61.4)

 

34 (17.0)

120 (60.0)

17 (8.5)

29 (14.5)

Postgraduate teaching/supervision

       

Set hours in job plan for postgraduate teaching/supervision

202 (39.0)

316 (61.0)

55 (27.2)

113 (55.9)

24 (11.9)

10 (5.0)

0 (0)

Postgraduate training hours subsumed within SPA allocation

329 (63.5)

189 (36.5)

 

118 (35.9)

131 (39.8)

15 (4.6)

65 (19.8)

Spend more time allocated hours in postgraduate education/supervision

311 (67.5)

150 (32.5)

 

19 (6.1)

188 (60.5)

63 (20.3)

41 (13.2)

How many hours would you like to spend teaching at all levels

  

1 (0.2)

11 (2.4)

251 (55.9)

170 (37.9)

16 (3.6)

  1. Number of respondents indicating yes or no. Number of hours per week for respondents was requested where the response to the first question was ‘yes’. PG, postgraduate: SPA, Supporting Professional Activity; UG, undergraduate. n = number of respondents.