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Table 5 Job satisfaction

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

 

Bivariate Analysis

Multivariate Analysis b

Not satisfied,a

N (%)

Somewhat satisfied, N (%)

Strongly satisfied, N (%)

p-value

OR

95% CI

p-value

Gender

 Male

62 (21.8)

117 (41.2)

105 (37.0)

0.009

Ref

  

 Female

63 (29.0)

101 (46.5)

53 (24.4)

 

0.48

0.30–0.77

0.002

Race

 Non-minority

115 (24.6)

204 (43.6)

149 (31.8)

0.96

Ref

  

 Minority

8 (26.7)

13 (43.3)

9 (30.0)

 

1.08

0.44–2.63

0.86

Rank

 Instructor

63 (28.3)

93 (41.7)

67 (30.0)

0.002

Ref

  

 Assistant Professor

45 (29.6)

69 (45.4)

38 (25.0)

 

0.88

0.52–1.50

0.63

 Associate Professor

10 (14.5)

35 (50.7)

24 (34.8)

 

1.30

0.65–2.60

0.46

 Professor

7 (12.5)

20 (35.7)

29 (51.8)

 

2.78

1.35–5.74

0.006

Pathway

 Investigator

48 (22.5)

89 (41.8)

76 (35.7)

0.37

Ref

  

 Non-investigator

64 (24.6)

119 (45.8)

77 (29.6)

 

1.00

0.63–1.58

0.99

Mentorship Score

 Low (< 3)

27 (46.6)

21 (36.2)

10 (17.2)

< 0.001

Ref

  

 High (≥3)

37 (17.1)

92 (42.4)

88 (40.6)

 

3.91

1.77–8.63

< 0.001

 Previously had a mentor at MGH

17 (27.0)

25 (39.7)

21 (33.3)

 

1.88

0.73–4.85

0.19

 Never had a mentor at MGH

34 (33.0)

50 (48.5)

19 (18.4)

 

0.99

0.39–2.50

0.98

  1. aIncluded all responses of very unsatisfied, unsatisfied, or neither satisfied nor unsatisfied
  2. bOutcome of multivariate analysis: strongly satisfied