Table 3

Knowledge of institutional policies for research intensive and community-based medical schools


Respondent Group
Test Statistic


All Respondents1
Research Intensive
Community-Based


For medical education studies that require IRB review, to which IRB would you submit your application? (N = 117)




     University
61 52%
29 58%
27 47%
χ2 = 3.66
     Medical center
46 39%
20 40%
24 42%

     Other
9 8%
1 2%
5 9%

     Don't know
1 1%
0 0%
1 2%






Does your institution have stated policies on the use of existing educational evaluation data for faculty scholarship? (N = 110)




     Yes
30 27%
7 16%
11 20%
χ2 = 1.71
     No
20 18%
15 33%
12 22%

     Unsure
60 55%
23 51%
32 58%






Which best describes procedures in place at your medical school for obtaining consent from students to use their performance data and test scores for educational research & scholarship? (N = 115)




     Students can decline consent
24 21%
6 12%
3 5%
χ2 = 2.75
     Matriculation conditional on consent
11 10%
8 16%
14 25%

     There are no procedures
50 43%
21 43%
26 46%

     Don't know
30 26%
14 29%
13 23%






Have you participated in discussions with others at your institution about IRB requirements for using evaluation data for faculty scholarship? (N = 119)




     Faculty in your department
53 45%
23 46%
24 41%
χ2 = 0.31
     Faculty in other departments
24 20%
13 26%
11 19%
χ2 = 0.85
     College faculty meetings
9 8%
6 12%
0 0%
χ2 = 7.49**
     Dean, administrator, etc.
19 16%
12 24%
5 9%
χ2 = 4.96*
     Other
17 14%
6 12%
9 15%
χ2 = 0.24
     No discussions reported
50 41%
21 42%
25 42%
χ2 = 0.002

1: Includes respondents who classified their institution as "other"

* p < .05; ** p < .01

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