Table 4.

Comparison of attitudes regarding barriers of research for respondents in second and fourth year medical school

	Agreement* from 2nd Year Students N = 185	Agreement * from 4th Year Students N = 142	P value for trend**
Adequate time in medical school to pursue research	16%	25%	0.0059
Adequate training in research methodology in medical school	12%	9%	0.901
Adequate training in reviewing scientific literature	25%	32%	0.292
Research mentors are easily available	36%	52%	0.0325
Research supervisors offer good training and guidance	22%	37%	0.180
Many opportunities to present research in medical school	16%	20%	0.246
Many opportunities to publish research during medical school	15%	25%	0.397
Will receive acknowledgment for contributions to research	30%	58%	0.002

*Responses 4 and 5 in 5-point Likert scale were grouped as "agreement" for reporting purposes.

**Mann-Whitney test between responses of 5-point Likert scale