Survey on Primary Care Research Trainee Challenges Across Four Countries

Four countries are represented in this mixed-methods survey of 69 primary care research trainees. The analysis, authored by K. Taylor Bosworth and published in May 2026, identified nine overarching themes including mentorship, funding, and time constraints.

Use Cases

• Analyzing barriers to primary care research careers based on the nine identified themes
• Comparing trainee challenges across different countries based on the respondent geography
• Developing support programs for trainees based on the themes of guidance, training, and institutional limitations

Strengths

• 69 survey responses provide a quantitative basis for analysis
• 66 qualitative quotes from 29 participants support thematic findings
• Data covers respondents from four distinct countries

Limitations

• Row count for the underlying data is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• The dataset is very small at 7.3 KB, indicating limited scope

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

33-item cross-sectional survey via REDCap, analyzed with RStudio and manual thematic coding.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 04:28:26

Geography

Responses from the United States, Netherlands, Canada, and Uganda.