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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.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Secondary Mentor Plus Career Development Resources | Experimental | Subjects will be assigned a secondary mentor for 6 months. Subjects will also receive career development resources. |
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| Career Development Resources Alone | Other | Subjects will not be assigned a secondary mentor. Subjects will receive career development resources only. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Secondary Mentor | Other | Subjects will be matched with a secondary mentor from the Department of Medicine for 6 months. Mentors and mentees are expected to hold one-on-one meetings monthly for the first 3 months followed by at least once every 3 months thereafter. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Job satisfaction | 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). | 6 months |
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Inclusion Criteria:
Physician employed as full-time faculty in the Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Medicine.
Exclusion Criteria:
None
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Massachusetts General Hospital | Boston | Massachusetts | 02114 | United States |
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| ID | Term |
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| D010549 | Personal Satisfaction |
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| D001519 | Behavior |
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| Career Development Resources | Other | Subjects will receive career development resources. |
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