Table 3.

Mentoring activities & satisfaction

	2011	2017
Instructor, Assistant and Associate Professors	N = 379 (frequency & 95% CI)	N = 360 (frequency & 95% CI)	p-Value
Familiar with department mentoring plan	139/379 (36.7%)	251/360 (69.7%)	<0.001
	(31.9%-41.6%)	(64.7%-74.2%)
Familiar with promotion criteria	308/377 (81.7%)	324/360 (90.0%)	0.001
	(77.4%-85.2%)	(86.4%-92.7%)
Satisfied with departmental support	275/364 (75.6%)	304/359 (84.7%)	0.002
	(70.8%-79.6%)	(80.5%-88.0%)
Satisfied with career progress	316/376 (84.0%)	315/359 (87.7%)	0.15
	(79.9%-87.4%)	(83.9%-90.7%)
Do you have a mentor? Yes	167/369 (45.3%)	241/359 (67.1%)	<0.001
	(40.2%-50.3%)	(62.1%-71.7%)
How frequently do you meet?			0.015
Weekly	42/163 (25.8%)	39/235 (16.6%)
Monthly	51/163 (31.3%)	68/235 (28.9%)
Quarterly	27/163 (16.6%)	54/235 (23.0%)
Every 6 months	19/163 (11.7%)	35/235 (14.9%)
Annually	24/163 (14.7%)	39/235 (16.6%)
What is the length of your meeting?			0.09
30 minutes	85/160 (53.1%)	97/233 (41.6%)
60 minutes	68/160 (42.5%)	124/233 (53.2%)
90 minutes	4/160 (2.5%)	11/233 (4.7%)
120 minutes	3/160 (1.9%)	1/233 (0.4%)
Satisfaction with research mentoring*	128/158 (81.0%)	182/218 (83.5%)	0.54
	(74.1%-86.4%)	(77.9%-87.8%)
Satisfaction with teaching/education mentoring*	99/122 (81.2%)	165/190 (86.8%)	0.17
	(73.2%-87.1%)	(81.2%-90.9%)
Satisfaction with clinical mentoring*	68/83 (81.9%)	136/151 (90.1%)	0.07
	(72.1%-88.8%)	(84.1%-93.9%)
Satisfaction with administration mentoring*	90/113 (79.7%)	145/176 (82.4%)	0.56
	(71.2%-86.1%)	(76.0%-87.3%)
Satisfaction with career development mentoring*	122/157 (77.7%)	197/233 (84.6%)	0.09
	(70.5%-83.5%)	(79.3%-88.6%)
Satisfaction with balancing work and personal life mentoring*	88/128 (68.8%)	148/193 (76.7%)	0.11
	(60.2%-76.1%)	(70.2%-82.1%)

^*Faculty were considered satisfied if they indicated “satisfied” or “very satisfied” on the survey.