Figure 3.

Program director perceptions of the relative significance of barriers to conducting efficient rounds. The values 1–5 represent barriers to conducting efficient rounds from most (1) to least (5) significant. The barriers are electronic medical records, trainee duty hours, fellows unprepared for the clinical demands of nephrology fellowship, competing clinical and administrative responsibilities for faculty, and competing clinical responsibilities for fellows (for example, outpatient clinic or procedures). One of the 54 respondents ranked only three of the five barriers.