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Table 2 Systematic review of scholarship initiatives in graduate medical education (2003-March 2017): barriers and strategies found in included article abstracts and/or discussions

From: Graduate medical education scholarly activities initiatives: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Barrier Category- 43 Barriers Identified

Frequencya

Time (n = 17)

 

 Lack of resident time [17,18,19,20, 23, 26, 29, 40, 41]

9 (28.1%)

 Lack of time due to clinical responsibility [3, 20, 26, 29, 32]

5 (15.6%)

 Lack of curriculum [23, 38, 44]

3 (9.4%)

Mentoring or oversight (n = 10)

 

 Lack of mentoring [17, 19, 23, 29, 35, 41]

6 (18.8%)

 Lack of oversight [19, 21, 25, 35]

4 (12.5%)

Funding [20, 29, 31, 32, 40]

5 (15.6%)

Support or training (n = 5)

 

 Lack of support [29, 41]

2 (6.3%)

 Lack of training [19, 26, 38]

3 (9.4%)

Lack of Interest [18, 20, 41, 44]

4 (12.5%)

Other [3, 24, 26]

3 (3.1%)

Strategy Category- 117 strategies identified

Frequency

Curriculum (n = 22)

 

 Structured Program [3, 18, 19, 22,23,24,25, 27, 28, 31, 32, 35, 36, 39, 42, 43, 46]

17 (53.1%)

 Didactic [22, 23, 31, 32, 43]

5 (15.6%)

Mentorship [3, 17, 19, 22,23,24,25, 27, 28, 30,31,32, 34,35,36, 38, 39, 42, 43]

19 (59.4%)

Infrastructure and Departmental Support (n = 16)

 

 Departmental support [17, 22, 24, 29, 31, 34, 37,38,39]

9 (28.1%)

 Infrastructure  [22, 25, 31, 35, 40, 41, 43]

7 (21.9%)

Awareness of Research Opportunities [3, 23, 24, 29]

4 (12.5%)

Collaboration [29, 31, 32]

3 (9.4%)

Protected Time [25, 29, 31, 35, 38,39,40, 43, 44]

9 (28.1%)

Recognition [3, 7, 24, 35, 39, 43]

6 (18.8%)

Positive Culture [3, 24, 32, 41, 42]

5 (15.6%)

Incentives [20, 34, 45]

3 (9.4%)

  1. aFrequencies are percentage of articles that included this barrier or strategy