Table 1 Participant background and ethical training characteristics. Data from the NIH Mixed Methods Research Training Program for the Health Sciences, 2020
From: Advancing discussion of ethics in mixed methods health services research
Background and Training Characteristics | Frequency (n = 64) | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Reported Professional Title | ||
Assistant Professor-level faculty | 21 | 33% |
Associate Professor-level faculty | 14 | 22% |
Full Professor-level | 18 | 29% |
Research Scientist | 6 | 10% |
Other (i.e., Retired, Director, Clinical Investigator) | 4 | 6% |
Reported Primary Discipline | ||
Public Health (including Global and Population Health) | 18 | 29% |
Psychology/Psychiatry | 9 | 14% |
Medicine (Internal, Family Medicine, General) | 8 | 13% |
Anthropology | 7 | 11% |
Social Work | 5 | 8% |
Nursing | 4 | 6% |
Other Health Sciences Fields (i.e., Audiology, Oncology, Healthcare Management; Social and Behavioral Sciences; Nutrition, Pediatrics) | 12 | 19% |
Identified Primary Focus of Research Training | ||
Quantitative | 41 | 64% |
Qualitative | 20 | 32% |
Mixed Methods Research | 19 | 31% |
Research Ethics Training | ||
Completed Ethical Conduct of Research Training (ever) | 63 | 98% |
Ethics Training was Mandatory | 62 | 97% |
Perceptions of Ethics Training | ||
Agreed helped plan MMR | 23 | 36% |
Agreed helped conduct MMR | 22 | 34% |
Agreed helped report MMR | 20 | 31% |
Experiences with MMR Research (ever) | ||
Presented at an MMR meeting | 57 | 89% |
Wrote an MMR application that was funded | 53 | 84% |
Published an MMR paper | 47 | 73% |
Provided MMR mentoring | 47 | 73% |
Wrote an MMR thesis or dissertation | 13 | 21% |