Ranking barriers to medical scholarly activity using the Delphi method
Description
This data is from a series of Delphi studies in which medical residents, fellows, and faculty were asked to identify and then iteratively rank perceived barriers to scholarly activity. The data is deidentified. The files identify the type of learners (mixed residents and faculty, family medicine residents, surgical residents, non-surgical residents (other than Family Medicine), at multiple sites. The data shows free-text perceived barriers, then residents' ranking of these barriers, then re-ranking based on peer results. See the poster presented at the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine for more details on methods, analysis, and interpretation. This project was funded in part by the Hanna Center for Primary Care Research at Reading Hospital, 420 S. Fifth Avenue West, Reading, PA 19611.
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Steps to reproduce
Please see the uploaded poster describing methods. We asked groups of residents, fellows, and faculty to identify their barriers to pursue scholarly activity. We then asked a given group to rank these barriers. We then showed them their peer-average rankings and their own ranking, and gave them an opportunity to modify their ranking. In other words, for different groups of medical learners and faculty, we used the Delphi method to identify a ranked list of perceived barriers to scholarly activity.