The influence of the cultural climate of the training environment on physicians' self-perception of competence and preparedness for practice.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In current supervisory practice, the learning environment in which the training of specialist registrars (SpRs) takes place is important. Examples of such learning environments are the hospital settings and/or geographical locations where training occurs. Our objective was to investigate whether the cultural climate of different learning environments influences physicians' perceived level of competence and preparedness for practice.

Methods

An electronic questionnaire was sent to an equal group of paediatricians who had trained in clinical settings located in Europe and the Caribbean. 30 items (Likert scale 1-4 = totally disagree-totally agree) were used to measure the level of preparedness of the respondents in 7 physician competencies.

Results

42 particip

SUBMITTER: Busari JO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2596784 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature