Learning theories, which suggest that experienced faculty use collaborative teaching styles, are reflected in qualitative studies of learners in hospital settings. However, little research has used resident focus groups to explore characteristics of successful teachers in outpatient clinics. Therefore, focus group discussions with first through…

A study of precepting conversations between 11 pairs of internal medicine interns and faculty preceptors found strategies used to correct the interns consistent with pedagogic norms favoring discovery learning and with societal norms favoring egalitarianism and respect for individuals. However, this raises questions about effects on interns'…