Table 3.
Knowledge of institutional policies for research intensive and community-based medical schools
| Respondent Group | Test Statistic | |||
| All Respondents1 | Research Intensive | Community-Based | ||
| For medical education studies that require IRB review, to which IRB would you submit your application? (N = 117) | ||||
| University | 61 52% | 29 58% | 27 47% | χ2 = 3.66 |
| Medical center | 46 39% | 20 40% | 24 42% | |
| Other | 9 8% | 1 2% | 5 9% | |
| Don't know | 1 1% | 0 0% | 1 2% | |
| Does your institution have stated policies on the use of existing educational evaluation data for faculty scholarship? (N = 110) | ||||
| Yes | 30 27% | 7 16% | 11 20% | χ2 = 1.71 |
| No | 20 18% | 15 33% | 12 22% | |
| Unsure | 60 55% | 23 51% | 32 58% | |
| Which best describes procedures in place at your medical school for obtaining consent from students to use their performance data and test scores for educational research & scholarship? (N = 115) | ||||
| Students can decline consent | 24 21% | 6 12% | 3 5% | χ2 = 2.75 |
| Matriculation conditional on consent | 11 10% | 8 16% | 14 25% | |
| There are no procedures | 50 43% | 21 43% | 26 46% | |
| Don't know | 30 26% | 14 29% | 13 23% | |
| Have you participated in discussions with others at your institution about IRB requirements for using evaluation data for faculty scholarship? (N = 119) | ||||
| Faculty in your department | 53 45% | 23 46% | 24 41% | χ2 = 0.31 |
| Faculty in other departments | 24 20% | 13 26% | 11 19% | χ2 = 0.85 |
| College faculty meetings | 9 8% | 6 12% | 0 0% | χ2 = 7.49** |
| Dean, administrator, etc. | 19 16% | 12 24% | 5 9% | χ2 = 4.96* |
| Other | 17 14% | 6 12% | 9 15% | χ2 = 0.24 |
| No discussions reported | 50 41% | 21 42% | 25 42% | χ2 = 0.002 |
1: Includes respondents who classified their institution as "other"
* p < .05; ** p < .01