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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Nov 5.
Published in final edited form as: Acad Med. 2020 May;95(5):730–736. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000003152

Table 1.

CO-Mentor Pre–Post Survey Respondents’ Self-Reported Growth in Confidence

Pre
 Post
Survey item Average SD Average SD Differencea
Mentor survey item (n = 56 mentors)
 Networking to engage social and professional support to realize my goalsb 3.24 0.950 4.00 0.752 0.76
 Sharing insights regarding paths to success 3.64 0.762 4.36 0.558 0.72
 Managing work environment (e.g., tasks and timelines, prioritizing work most fruitful to advancing research and career objectives, etc.)b 3.35 0.935 4.00 0.727 0.65
 Providing constructive feedback to mentees 3.51 0.891 4.11 0.670 0.60
 Discerning and applying insights about interpersonal communication stylesb 3.43 0.866 3.96 0.649 0.53
 Encouraging work choices that promote growth and persistence 3.79 0.638 4.31 0.639 0.52
 Ability to recommend potential mentors 3.63 0.808 4.13 0.674 0.50
 Providing guidance according to mentees’ interests/needs 3.83 0.666 4.31 0.577 0.48
 Providing professional and social support to mentees 3.83 0.720 4.28 0.656 0.45
Mentee survey item (n = 64 mentees)
 Connecting with potential/future mentors (e.g., knowing how to approach them) 2.92 0.885 3.97 0.761 1.05
 Knowing what characteristics to look for in current/future mentors 3.32 0.997 4.33 0.568 1.01
 Managing work environment (e.g., tasks and timelines, prioritizing work most fruitful to advancing research and career objectives, etc.)b 3.06 0.931 3.79 0.722 0.73
 Creating career development plans 3.40 0.943 3.94 0.669 0.54
 Networking to engage social and professional support to realize my goalsb 3.06 1.203 3.59 0.909 0.53
 Articulating goals and progress toward their achievement with mentor 3.57 0.946 4.08 0.747 0.51
 Discerning and applying insights about interpersonal communication stylesb 3.35 0.845 3.86 0.800 0.51
 Asking for feedback and/or advice about career objectives 3.75 0.861 4.16 0.653 0.41

Abbreviations: CO-Mentor, Colorado Mentoring Training program; SD, standard deviation.

a

A significant difference was found for all items, which are displayed from highest to lowest average difference pre to post; P < .001.

b

Items asked of both mentors and mentees.