87 From Critic to Inspirer 3 What makes somebody a good teacher? I think mostly caring about the students, caring that they learn something, that’s the first thing (mission/ related to educational field). Then being someone who is approachable, who is wise and experienced but not intimidating or arrogant. (identity/related to personal role; S08) Remarkably, the ‘Inspirer’ profile is the only profile in which academics did not express any belief within the convictions theme. The Inspirer profile contained only academics from Stanford University School of Medicine (SUSM) (p= .002), while for other contextual or personal factors no significant difference was found as compared to the academics of the other profiles. Profile II: the ‘Role model’ This profile contained ten academics who referred to identity as their most central theme. The three subthemes that emerged within the identity theme relate to the teacher role (identity/related to educational role), patient-care role (identity/related to patient-care role) and personal role (identity/related to personal role). We chose to characterise the academics of this profile as ‘Role models.’ In contrast to the academics of the ‘Inspirer’ profile who reflected on their personal role (identity/related to personal role), this profile includes significantly more academics who refer to the subtheme identity/related to educational role (p= .018). Academics described the importance of being enthusiastic, being flexible in teaching methodology, being encouraging and supportive of the students and being interested in the development of the student. Well, I think a genuine interest in and engagement with the students. You should enjoy that and consider that important. You should also be concerned to see whether the student is developing in the direction that he should be developing in. That should give the teacher a thrill. (identity/related to educational role; L01) Other respondents stressed commitment as the main factor to being a good teacher: the willingness to teach and to improve one’s own teaching, to make learning fun or to work with students.
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