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Table 3 Barriers to bedside teaching, AHA 2009–2019

From: Characteristics, satisfiers, development needs, and barriers to success for early-career academic hospitalists

Barrier [n,%]

#1 Barriera (n = 702)

#2 Barrier (n = 646)

#3 Barrier (n = 533)

Top 3 Barrier (% of 702)

Time

377 (53.7)

142

90

609 (86.8)

Personal skills/confidence

154 (21.9)

193

177

524 (74.6)

Patient preferences

34 (4.8)

76

77

187 (26.6)

Patient complexity/volume

32 (4.5)

37

18

87 (12.4)

Space

26 (3.7)

35

33

94 (13.4)

Including all learners

22 (3.1)

52

43

117 (16.7)

Distractions

22 (3.1)

26

19

67 (9.5)

Resident interest

21 (3.0)

69

49

139 (19.8)

Other

14 (2.0)

16

27

57 (8.1)

  1. a Participants could list up to 3 barriers, hence the variation in n for each barrier