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Table 1 Participant perceptions of obstacles to educational research

From: Do the benefits continue? Long term impacts of the Anatomy Education Research Institute (AERI) 2017

Themes

Codesb

Accepted Applicants

Invited Speakers

Total (all AERI participants)

Change in frequency of codes between surveys

Number of coded responses on Pre-AERI survey (n = 91)

Number of coded responses on Post-AERI survey (n = 84)

Number of coded responses on 6 month survey (n = 30)

Number of coded responses on Pre-AERI survey (n = 50)

Number of coded responses on Post-AERI survey (n = 53)

Number of coded responses on 6 month survey (n = 18)

Number of coded responses on Pre-AERI survey (n = 141)

Number of coded responses on Post-AERI survey (n = 144)a

Number of coded responses on 6 month survey (n = 48)

Community needs

Time

8 (8.8%)

20 (23.8%)

14 (46.7%)

6 (12.0%)

11 (20.7%)

7 (38.9%)

14 (9.9%)

31 (21.5%)

21 (43.8%)

Increase

Money

13 (14.3)

9 (10.7)

2 (6.7)

9 (18.0)

10 (18.9)

2 (11.1)

22 (15.6)

20a (13.9)

4 (8.3)

Decrease

Respect/

support

18 (19.8)

22 (26.2)

6 (20)

12 (24.0)

14 (26.4)

1 (5.6)

30 (21.3)

38a (26.4)

7 (14.6)

Increase, decrease

Collaboration

4 (4.4)

6 (7.1)

4 (13.3)

3 (6.0)

4 (7.5)

3 (16.7)

7 (5.0)

10 (6.9)

14 (29.2)

Increase

IRB

0

0

1 (3.3)

0

0

1 (5.6)

0

0

2 (4.2)

Increase

Concerns about educational research

Background Knowledge

22 (24.2)

16 (19.0)

1 (3.3)

3 (6.0)

6 (11.3)

1 (5.6)

25 (17.7)

24a (16.7)

2 (4.2)

Decrease

Controls

15 (16.5)

8 (9.5)

0

11 (22.0)

4 (7.5)

0

26 (18.4)

15a (10.4)

0

Decrease

Quality

3 (3.3)

1 (1.2)

0

7 (14.0)

2 (3.8)

0

10 (7.1)

3 (2.1)

0

Decrease

Participation

9 (9.9)

5 (5.9)

1 (3.3)

2 (4.0)

4 (7.5)

0

11 (7.8)

9 (6.2)

1 (2.1)

Decrease

Options

Deciding among multiple project

0

0

1 (3.3)

0

0

3 (16.7)

0

0

4 (8.3)

Increase

  1. aSome individuals entered an incorrect ID number so their applicant/speaker status is unknown
  2. bThe pre-conference survey received 154 obstacle responses, of which 141 (91.5%) were coded with at least one code. The post-conference survey received 149 obstacle responses, of which 144 (96.6%) were coded with at least one code. Both pre-conference and post-conference survey data from Husmann et al. [4]