Table 1.
Descriptive statistics for demographics from 464 survey respondents of whether they have (n=319) or do not have (n=145) a career mentor
| Variable/value | Have a mentor, n (%) | p* |
|---|---|---|
| Gender | ||
| Female | 154 (51.7) | 0.50 |
| Male | 144 (70.2) | |
| Ethnicity | ||
| White | 186 (68.1) | 0.57 |
| Asian | 83 (70.9) | |
| African-American/Latino | 24 (72.7) | |
| Other | 10 (55.6) | |
| School | ||
| Dentistry | 20 (64.5) | 0.68 |
| Medicine | 266 (83.4) | |
| Nursing | 14 (66.7) | |
| Pharmacy | 19 (79.2) | |
| Series | ||
| Ladder rank | 30 (76.9) | <0.001 |
| Clinical X | 41 (49.4) | |
| Adjunct | 105 (82.0) | |
| In Residence | 57 (67.9) | |
| Health sciences clinical | 86 (66.2) | |
| Percentage of time – teaching | ||
| 0–20 | 168 (72.7) | 0.001 |
| 21–40 | 90 (62.9) | |
| 41–60 | 26 (78.8) | |
| 61–80 | 3 (25) | |
| 81–100 | 2 (33.3) | |
| Percentage of time – patient care | ||
| 0–20 | 129 (80.1) | <0.001 |
| 21–40 | 65 (73.0) | |
| 41–60 | 44 (56.4) | |
| 61–80 | 22 (44.9) | |
| 81–100 | 8 (47.1) | |
| Percentage of time – research | ||
| 0–20 | 63 (50.8) | <0.001 |
| 21–40 | 55 (73.3) | |
| 41–60 | 36 (69.2) | |
| 61–80 | 97 (87.4) | |
| 81–100 | 37 (72.5) | |
| Satisfaction with time allocation | ||
| Yes | 231 (77.5) | 0.026 |
| No | 67 (22.5) | |
*p values determined by chi-square analyses. Significant chi-squares were followed up with pair-wise comparisons to determine which categories were significantly different from each other.
Note: Due to missing data, responses do not always total to 319.