Table 4.
Perceived Barriers to Optimizing Laboratory Medicine Education at Medical Schools, 2013–2014
| Barrier | No. (% of 98) respondents | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Major barrier | Problematic | Nuisance | Not an issue | |
| Lack of time in preclinical curriculum | 56 (57) | 30 (31) | 8 (8) | 4 (4) |
| Lack of time in clinical curriculum | 48 (49) | 36 (37) | 10 (10) | 3 (3) |
| Lack of laboratory medicine knowledge by residents | 32 (33) | 38 (39) | 14 (14) | 14 (14) |
| Lack of medical student interest | 23 (23) | 39 (40) | 27 (28) | 9 (9) |
| Lack of laboratory medicine knowledge by attendings | 24 (25) | 34 (35) | 18 (18) | 22 (22) |
| Lack of sufficiently qualified faculty | 6 (6) | 24 (25) | 12 (12) | 56 (57) |
| Lack of published guidelines | 2 (2) | 24 (24) | 27 (28) | 45 (46) |
| Lack of adequate instructional material | 3 (3) | 16 (16) | 23 (24) | 56 (57) |
| Lack of standardized nomenclature | 0 (0) | 7 (7) | 25 (26) | 66 (67) |