'Learning climate'professionalnattitudeude toward residents' and 'feedback' had the highest odds ratios in the analysis combining all specialties.
We present the results for each of the six teaching methods and for learning climate separately.
Skills improvement, learning climate, attitude enhancement and learning opportunities showed decreasing sensitivity to enhanced/control differences.
The preceptor behaviour factors were professional role modeling, teaching, learning climate, feedback, direction, patient presence and health care system interaction.
Such a safe working and learning climate is a prerequisite to improved competence and performance (Edmondson 1999).
The approaches to learning and perceptions of learning climate questionnaire was validated by Kirby et al [ 16] and is not reported here.
As we stated earlier, the cognitive apprenticeship model combined with learning climate covers aspects of clinical teaching that resonate with students' experiences and offer leads to improve teaching.
Therefore, Biggs' framework of main components in university education (learning objectives, teaching and learning activities, assessment, learning climate and institutional climate, rules and procedures) was used [ 18].
According to constructive alignment, an influential concept from research in higher education, the learning climate between students and teachers is also of great importance.
(1989) and for learning climate we designed vignettes to give the students a clear idea of the themes to be discussed.
Within almost all residencies patient logistics and preceptor interaction are the most valued site characteristics; feedback, teaching and learning climate the most important preceptor behaviours.
