Table 2.
Mentorship
| Survey Question | Answer | N (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Do you have a mentor? (N = 266) | Yes | 112 (42%) |
| No | 154 (58%) | |
| Do you mentor academic hospitalists? (N = 255) | Yes | 78 (31%) |
| No | 177 (69%) | |
| Number of mentors (N = 112) | 1 | 41 (37%) |
| 2 | 38 (34%) | |
| ≥3 | 33 (29%) | |
| Primary* mentor’s gender (N = 111) | Male | 84 (76%) |
| Female | 27 (24%) | |
| Primary mentor’s approximate age (N = 111) | <30 | 0 (0%) |
| 31–40 | 22 (20%) | |
| 41–50 | 55 (50%) | |
| >50 | 34 (31%) | |
| Primary mentor assigned? (N = 111) | Yes | 22 (20%) |
| Primary mentor’s specialty (N = 111) | Internal medicine | 93 (84%) |
| Medicine subspecialty | 13 (12%) | |
| Med-peds or Pediatrics | 5 (5%) | |
| Is your mentor also a hospitalist? (N = 110) | Yes | 57 (52%) |
| Primary mentor’s academic rank (N = 112) | Instructor | 1 (1%) |
| Assistant professor | 15 (13%) | |
| Associate professor | 41 (37%) | |
| Professor | 53(47%) | |
| Unknown | 2 (2%) | |
| Number of meetings with primary mentor in last year (N = 112) | None | 4 (4%) |
| 1–2 | 30 (27%) | |
| 3–4 | 30 (27%) | |
| >4 | 48 (43%) | |
| Length of average meeting with primary mentor (N = 109) | <30 minutes | 34 (31%) |
| 31–60 minutes | 68 (62%) | |
| >60 minutes | 7 (6%) | |
| Rating of primary mentor in academic career development (N = 112) | Excellent | 51 (46%) |
| Very good | 34 (30%) | |
| Good | 19 (17%) | |
| Fair or Poor | 8 (7%) |