Table 1.
Results of survey administered to residents before development of the research problem-based learning discussion (n = 35): “Which aspects of research represent a barrier to you and to what extent?”
| No barrier
|
Moderate barrier
|
Complete barrier
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| a) Regulatorya | 2.9% (1) | 8.6% (3) | 28.6% (10) | 48.6% (17) * | 11.4% (4) |
| b) Specific aims/hypothesis | 11.4% (4) | 34.3% (12) | 45.7% (16) * | 8.6% (3) | 0.0% (0) |
| c) Study design | 8.6% (3) | 25.7% (9) | 42.9% (15) * | 22.9% (8) | 0.0% (0) |
| d) Grants | 5.7% (2) | 2.9% (1) | 28.6% (10) | 45.7% (16) * | 17.1% (6) |
| e) Statistics/data analysis | 5.7% (2) | 14.3% (5) | 14.3% (5) | 54.3% (19) * | 11.4% (4) |
| f) Study conduction/implementationb | 5.7% (2) | 22.9% (8) | 42.9% (15) * | 22.9% (8) | 5.7% (2) |
| g) Ms. preparation/publication | 11.4% (4) | 31.4% (11) | 40.0% (14) * | 14.3% (5) | 2.9% (1) |
Data are percentages of total respondents (no. of respondents).
Ms.=manuscript.
a
Institutional Review Board approval, Fiscal Review, Clinical Trials Office, the Food and Drug Administration, or independent data safety monitoring.
b
Consenting procedure, data collection, organization, security.
*
Mode of all responses to each question.