Table 1 Statements included in the Q sort

1. I enjoy spending time with students in small groups

2. I don't enjoy lecturing to large groups of students

3. I like the challenge of teaching students as effectively as possible

4. I am bored by teaching

5. I don't feel any sense of duty to teach

6. I teach because it sets a good example to my students to become teachers

7. I teach because I have been inspired to teach by my mentors

8. I teach because I am good at it relative to other academic skills

9. I teach because it is a requirement of my employment contract

10. I teach because I believe it is an appropriate service to my profession

11. Teaching doesn't do anything to enhance my clinical knowledge and/or skills

12. I teach because I enjoy the sense of performing in front of an audience

13. I don't get any financial reward from teaching

14. I teach because I want to help my students become good doctors

15. I don't teach because I am not the one most familiar with a given topic

16. I don't teach because my institution provides poor facilities for teaching

17. I don't teach because I have insufficient time available to teach

18. I teach because there are opportunities for 'virtual' and/or 'online' and/or remote teaching

19. I don't teach as my speciality is too 'cutting edge' to be relevant to students

20. I don't teach because there are no clearly stated learning goals in the course

21. I don't teach because there is no strong involvement of teaching staff in the design of the course

22. I don't teach because there is no recognition for what I do

23. Opportunities for academic promotion have nothing to do with my motivation to teach

24. I teach because the course allows a deep approach to learning by the students

25. I don't teach as students make me feel inadequate

26. I don't teach because opportunities are not available for me to improve my teaching skills

27. I don't teach because I receive inadequate feedback from students on my performance

28. I teach because I believe I communicate well with people

29. I don't teach because I believe the institution devalues teaching and learning

30. I don't teach because the setting in which I am expected to teach is inappropriate

31. I teach because I feel part of the continuum of learning of my students' experience

32. I teach because I feel responsible for the student learning outcomes of my efforts

33. I teach because it gives me a sense of power

34. I teach to improve my communication skills

35. I don't teach as I am not a useful role model

36. My clinical load deters me from teaching

37. My clinical load deters me from putting any time into preparation for teaching

38. I don't teach because I am not concerned about the success of the clinical and/or medical school

39. The teaching I had as a medical student has inspired me to want to teach

40. I teach as a means of reviewing a topic area unfamiliar to me

41. I teach to be challenged in my established views

42. I don't teach because I find it unenjoyable

43. It teach because of the prestige it gives me with my peers

44. I teach because my patients expect it of me

45. I don't teach because interacting with students is boring

46. I teach because of the intellectual stimulation

47. I teach because my colleagues expect me to do so

48. I teach because I was asked to do so by the Clinical and/or Medical School

49. I don't teach because it fails to keep me up to date

50. I teach students because interaction with them makes me think more critically

51. I teach students to ensure they receive a balanced clinical education.

52. I teach because I can enhance my knowledge and understanding of junior doctors

53. I teach because the interaction with students provides an opportunity for my opinions to be heard

54. I teach to ensure the students appreciate my specialty in a favourable way

55. I teach because it allows me to interact with students and show an appreciation of their position

56. I don't teach just because it is expected of me

57. I teach students to show them the correct way of clinical practice in my specialty

58. I teach to ensure any false understanding of my specialty is not perpetuated

59. I teach because I can demonstrate a healthy lifestyle to my students

60. I don't teach just because of the academic position I hold

61. I teach because I can challenge students to be more critical in their thinking.

62. I don't teach because one can't influence the behaviour of students for the better

63. I don't teach because teachers don't contribute to the formation of future doctors

64. I don't teach as I don't approve of new teaching techniques

65. I don't teach as students today lack respect

66. I don't teach as it is a waste of time

67. I teach to engage with younger people

68. I teach as it enhances my status in my profession

69. I don't teach as I feel my knowledge is out of date