Table 3.
Participant appraisal of current mentoring practices.
| Mentorship practices∗ | Clinician versus nonclinician† | Career stage‡ | Total (n = 172) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonclinician (n = 123) | Clinician (n = 45) | M.S. (n = 19) | Ph.D. (n = 56) | Postdoctoral (n = 55) | New investigator§ (n = 18) | ||
| Personal attributes of mentor with most significant impact on training, no. rated as “excellent” or “very good,” % | |||||||
| Approachable | 82.9 | 84.4 | 84.2 | 85.7 | 85.5 | 83.3 | 83.1 |
| Altruistic/generous | 67.5 | 80.0 | 73.7 | 71.4 | 70.9 | 88.9 | 70.3 |
| Enthusiastic | 94.6 | 93.3 | 84.2 | 91.1 | 89.1 | 94.4 | 86.6 |
| Compassionate | 68.3 | 77.8 | 73.7 | 69.6 | 72.7 | 83.3 | 70.3 |
| Nonjudgmental | 68.3 | 66.7 | 78.9 | 71.4 | 67.3 | 72.2 | 68.0 |
| Patient | 72.4 | 71.1 | 73.7 | 76.8 | 72.7 | 77.8 | 72.1 |
| Honest/sincere | 82.1 | 84.4 | 78.9 | 87.5 | 85.5 | 88.9 | 82.6 |
| Reliable | 74.8 | 77.8 | 73.7 | 76.8 | 80.0 | 83.3 | 75.6 |
| Actions and behaviour of mentor with most significant impact on training, % | |||||||
| Accessible | 82.1 | 80.0 | 78.9 | 83.9 | 83.6 | 83.3 | 82.0 |
| Actively listens | 82.1 | 86.7 | 84.2 | 85.7 | 87.3 | 83.3 | 81.4 |
| Provides moral support | 71.5 | 64.4 | 63.2 | 75.0 | 76.4 | 61.1 | 65.7 |
| Addresses personal issues | 48.0 | 48.9 | 47.4 | 51.8 | 58.2 | 38.9 | 64.0 |
| Assists in defining/reaching goals | 63.4 | 77.8 | 73.7 | 71.4 | 70.9 | 66.7 | 62.8 |
| Acts as a role model | 82.1 | 84.4 | 78.9 | 87.5 | 87.3 | 83.3 | 82.6 |
| Assists in skills development | 74.0 | 77.8 | 73.7 | 80.4 | 78.2 | 77.8 | 75.0 |
| Monitors career progression | 67.5 | 68.9 | 68.4 | 76.8 | 67.3 | 66.7 | 68.0 |
| Assists in navigating the institution | 54.5 | 66.7 | 57.9 | 58.9 | 52.7 | 72.2 | 57.6 |
| Facilitates networking | 61.8 | 73.3 | 57.9 | 64.3 | 69.1 | 66.7 | 64.5 |
| Participant feels he/she is in the driver's seat in regard to current mentoring, % | |||||||
| Yes | 68.3 | 68.9 | 68.4 | 71.4 | 63.6 | 77.8 | 68.6 |
| No | 28.5 | 26.7 | 31.6 | 23.2 | 32.7 | 22.2 | 27.9 |
| Missing | 3.3 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 5.4 | 3.6 | 0.0 | 3.5 |
| Current mentoring program meets the needs of the participant, % | |||||||
| Yes | 64.2 | 64.4 | 89.5 | 58.9 | 65.5 | 66.7 | 65.1 |
| No | 34.1 | 33.3 | 10.5 | 39.3 | 34.5 | 33.3 | 33.1 |
| Missing | 1.6 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.7 |
| Participant would choose the same mentor again, % | |||||||
| Yes | 84.6 | 73.3 | 89.5 | 85.7 | 89.1 | 72.2 | 80.8 |
| No | 11.4 | 22.2 | 10.5 | 14.3 | 10.9 | 22.2 | 14.5 |
| Missing | 4.1 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.6 | 4.7 |
M.S.: Master's student; Ph.D.: doctoral student. ∗Stratified by clinical background and career stage so that columns are not mutually exclusive. †4 participants did not specify whether or not they were clinicians. ‡24 participants did not specify their career stage or marked their career stage as “other.” §Within 60 months of first academic appointment.