Secondary Mentoring Program Evaluation

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Satisfaction
• Interventions: Other: Career Development Resources; Other: Secondary Mentor

• Registration Number: NCT04622163
• Lead Sponsor: Massachusetts General Hospital

Brief Summary

Mentorship is essential to job satisfaction and promotion among academic physicians, and literature suggests that a single mentor is rarely sufficient. The investigators are studying whether implementation of a secondary mentorship program among physicians at their institution leads to improved job satisfaction over 6 months.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2020-10-04
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-11-06
• Study First Posted: 2020-11-09
• Study Start: 2021-01-04
• Primary Completion: 2022-02-03
• Study Completion: 2022-02-03
• Status Verified: 2022-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-04-05
• Last Update Posted: 2022-04-07

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

Physician employed as full-time faculty in the Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Medicine.

Exclusion Criteria

None

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Career Development Resources Alone	Career Development Resources	Subjects will not be assigned a secondary mentor. Subjects will receive career development resources only.
Secondary Mentor Plus Career Development Resources	Career Development Resources	Subjects will be assigned a secondary mentor for 6 months. Subjects will also receive career development resources.
Secondary Mentor Plus Career Development Resources	Secondary Mentor	Subjects will be assigned a secondary mentor for 6 months. Subjects will also receive career development resources.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Job satisfaction	6 months	Job satisfaction is measured by the following question on a questionnaire developed by the investigators: "Overall how satisfied are you with your current position?" Responses are on a 5-point Likert scale (very unsatisfied, unsatisfied, neither, satisfied, very satisfied).

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Massachusetts General Hospital; 🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States