Table 2 Mentorship characteristics of survey respondents with a mentor
Mentorship demographics | No. (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | (N=389 with mentor) | |||
| Â | Male | Female | p | Fisher Exact Test |
Department of mentor | Â | Â | Â | Â |
  Same department | 255 (91.1) | 95 (91.3) | 0.93 | 1.0 |
  Another department | 25 (8.9) | 9 (8.7) |  |  |
Position of mentor | Â | Â | Â | Â |
  Dept. Chair / Professor | 67 (23.9) | 22 (21.4) | 0.62 | 0.66 |
  Associate Prof. | 59 (21.1) | 27 (26.2) |  |  |
  Lecturer | 58 (20.7) | 19 (18.4) |  |  |
  Assistant Prof. | 80 (28.6) | 32 (31.1) |  |  |
  Other | 16 (5.7) | 3 (2.9) |  |  |
Mentor assignment initiated by | Â | Â | Â | Â |
  Mentor | 242 (87.7) | 84 (88.4) | <0.01 | 0.01 |
  Mentee | 34 (12.3) | 11 (11.6) |  |  |
  Other | 4 (1.4) | 8 (7.8) |  |  |
Mentoring Meeting Frequency | Â | Â | Â | Â |
  Every month or more | 213 (76.1) | 83 (79.8) | 0.44 | 0.50 |
  Other (combining all other categories) | 67 (23.9) | 21 (20.2) |  |  |
Satisfaction with Mentoring | Â | Â | Â | Â |
  Very satisfied/ A little satisfied | 212 (75.7) | 75 (72.8) | 0.56 | 0.60 |
  Not Satisfied\Neutral | 68 (24.3) | 28 (27.2) |  |  |