A National Survey of Mentoring Practices for Young Investigators in Circulatory and Respiratory Health
Table 4
Participant recommendations for improved mentoring practices.
Mentorship characteristics
Clinician versus nonclinician†
Career stage‡
Total ()
Nonclinician ()
Clinician ()
M.S. ()
Ph.D. ()
Postdoctoral ()
New investigator ()
Participants with a signed agreement find it beneficial, %
Yes
52.4
66.6
60.0
55.6
44.4
50.0
55.6
No
47.6
33.3
40.0
44.4
55.6
50.0
44.4
Missing
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Participants without a signed agreement feel it would be beneficial, %
Yes
26.5
30.8
14.3
31.9
28.3
37.5
28.2
No
70.6
64.1
85.7
66.0
69.6
62.5
70.4
Missing
2.9
5.1
0.0
2.1
2.2
0.0
1.4
Topics participants wish would be discussed that are not currently addressed, %
Administrative
17.1
11.1
10.5
10.7
21.8
11.1
15.7
Clinical
8.1
8.9
15.8
5.4
7.3
11.1
8.7
Research
11.4
11.1
10.5
5.4
14.5
11.1
11.6
Teaching/training
29.3
20.0
26.3
25.0
40.0
11.1
26.7
Work-life balance
34.1
26.7
42.1
42.9
30.9
11.1
32.0
Career guidance
36.6
28.9
36.8
37.5
40.0
22.2
33.7
None of the above
36.6
40.0
47.4
26.8
34.5
44.4
38.4
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. = 27. .
