Landscape of Mentorship and its Effects on Success in Cardiology

Islam Abudayyeh; Animesh Tandon; Samuel G Wittekind; Anne K Rzeszut; Chittur A Sivaram; Andrew M Freeman; Meena S Madhur

doi:10.1016/j.jacbts.2020.09.014

Landscape of Mentorship and its Effects on Success in Cardiology

JACC Basic Transl Sci. 2020 Dec 23;5(12):1181-1186. doi: 10.1016/j.jacbts.2020.09.014. eCollection 2020 Dec.

Authors

Islam Abudayyeh¹, Animesh Tandon^{2

3}, Samuel G Wittekind^{4

5}, Anne K Rzeszut⁶, Chittur A Sivaram⁷, Andrew M Freeman⁸, Meena S Madhur^{9

10

11}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiology, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California, USA.
² Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
³ Division of Cardiology, Children's Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
⁴ Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
⁵ The Heart Institute, Cincinnati Children's, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
⁶ American College of Cardiology, Washington, DC, USA.
⁷ Cardiovascular Section, Department of Medicine, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.
⁸ Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, USA.
⁹ Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
¹⁰ Department of Medicine, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
¹¹ Vanderbilt Institute for Infection, Immunology, and Inflammation, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

Abstract

The effects of mentorship on measurable outcomes of success and the aspects of mentorship that are most valuable in promoting the careers of cardiologists are unclear. To address this, we conducted a large-scale survey of cardiologists in a real-world setting. We identified factors that enhance the mentorship experience, and found that mentee needs change with career stage. Importantly, satisfaction with the mentoring relationship is significantly associated with perceived satisfaction in achieving professional goals. Furthermore, we found that gender and race concordance in mentoring relationships is an important variable with the potential to increase diversity in the field of cardiology.

Keywords: ACC, American College of Cardiology; NIH, National Institutes of Health; RVU, relative value unit; cardiology; diversity; gender; mentorship; survey.