Table 2 Greatest needs for increasing the quantity and quality of medical school graduates
| Â | Â | Increase quality of graduates | Increase quantity of graduates | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | Total answers | Greatest need | Second greatest need | Third greatest need | Total answers | Greatest need | Second greatest need | Third greatest need |
| Â | Total number of responses | 281 | 94 | 94 | 93 | 277 | 94 | 94 | 89 |
| Â | Total | 91 | 28 | 38 | 25 | 96 | 37 | 38 | 21 |
Infrastructure and equipment issues | General or multiple types | 40 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 52 | 25 | 20 | 7 |
| Â | Labs | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| Â | Computers/ICT | 18 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Â | Teaching aids/resources | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 |
| Â | Libraries | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Â | Other | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 |
| Â | Total | 84 | 35 | 25 | 24 | 77 | 30 | 27 | 20 |
Faculty-related issues | General or quantity | 32 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 50 | 24 | 19 | 7 |
| Â | Salary/Quality of life issues | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| Â | Basic science faculty | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Â | Training/pedagogy | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Â | Faculty quality | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Â | Clinical faculty | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Â | Other | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Clinical training sites | Total | 25 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 33 | 9 | 15 | 9 |
| Â | General | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 |
| Â | Academic hospital | 13 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 |
| Â | Clinics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Budgetary issues | Total | 21 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 |
| Â | General | 14 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 |
| Â | Student aid/grants | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Â | Governmental support | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Curricular issues | Total | 21 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Â | General/Aligned with needs | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Â | Community-based/ | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
| Â | Problem-based | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Â | PGME | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Â | Other | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other | Total | 39 | 11 | 11 | 17 | 44 | 9 | 10 | 25 |
| Â | Secondary education/ | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
| Â | admissions policies | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
| Â | Research | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Â | Linkages/Cooperation | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Â | Administrative reform Inside | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
| Â | school | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Â | Understanding from gov't | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| Â | Student living conditions | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Â | Other | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 |