Teaching clinic conferences: perceptions of supervisor and peer behavior.

Perceptions of supervisor and peer behavior during teaching clinic conferences, a group supervisory approach, were assessed. Four groups of graduate students participated in a total of 19 teaching clinics. Following each conference, they completed two Individual Conference Rating Scales to describe the supervisor and peer during the interaction. Peer behavior differed from that of supervisors. Differences were also found between supervisors and among groups of students participating in the conferences. A participant's role had no impact on the participants' perceptions of either the peers or supervisors. Variations in perceptions were noted as the number of clinics per group increased.