The mean scores (x) for preceptors were obtained, as shown in
Table 2. Role as protector received the highest score in terms of
importance (x ¼ 3.84) and frequency of attendance (x ¼ 3.66) with
significant difference in favor of importance (t ¼ 4.35, p < .05). What follows were roles as facilitator and as educator which were
significantly more important (x ¼ 3.68; x ¼ 3.67 respectively) than
being frequently attended for (x ¼ 3.50; x ¼ 3.35 respectively).
Conversely, preceptors rated their role as evaluators signifi-
cantly higher in terms of frequency of attendance (x ¼ 3.47) than
being important (x ¼ 3.17); t ¼ 6.40, p < .05.