The impact of active mentorship: results from a survey of faculty in the Department of Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital

Table 1 Cohort characteristics

	Respondents (N = 553)		MGH DOM^a(N = 988)
	N	% ^b	%^a
Demographic characteristics:
Gender^a
Male	308	55.7	57.8
Female	245	44.3	42.2
Race
Non-minority^c	514	94.0	N/A
Minority	33	6.0	N/A
Have any dependents
No	213	39.2	N/A
Yes	330	60.8	N/A
Professional characteristics:
Rank^a
Instructor	245	44.6	50.3
Assistant Professor	167	30.4	26.1
Associate Professor	79	14.4	13.9
Professor	58	10.6	9.7
Pathway
Investigator	222	45.0	N/A
Non-investigator	271	55.0	N/A
Have a mentor at MGH
Never	96	20.9	N/A
Currently	298	64.9	N/A
Previously	65	14.2	N/A
Mentorship scored^d
Low (< 3)	59	21.3	N/A
High (≥3)	218	78.7	N/A
Serves as a mentor to others
Yes	325	66.6	N/A
No	163	33.4	N/A
Primary mentor is person to whom I report^d
No	94	32.0	N/A
Yes	200	68.0	N/A
Stalled^e
Yes	70	15.8	N/A
No	374	84.2	N/A

MGH Massachusetts General Hospital, DOM Department of Medicine
^aFor the DOM population, gender and rank were from the faculty affairs tracking database; race and promotional pathway were not available from this database. For the survey respondents, gender and rank were from survey responses, supplemented (i.e. missing data) by tracking database
^bPercentages among respondents to each characteristic question
^cNon-minority includes Whites and Asians
^dMentorship score and whether or not a primary mentor is a direct supervisor were assessed only among faculty who currently have a mentor
^eThe stalled variable excludes faculty with the rank of Professor

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