2355 - Following the ROADMAP: Demographic Results from a Second National Cross-Sectional Survey of Radiation Oncologists Regarding Academic Mentorship
Presenter(s)
C. J. McNamara1, N. A. West2, S. Mirbahaeddin2, Z. Belal3, A. Gayne4, A. C. Moreno2, L. D. Wilson5, J. R. Gunther2, E. Holliday6, J. Graham7, J. M. Pollard8, C. R. Thomas Jr9, and C. D. Fuller10; 1Department of Radiation Oncology and Applied Sciences, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, Lebanon, NH, 2Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 3Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 4Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, Dartmouth Guarini School of Graduate and Advanced Studies, Hanover, NH, 5Blue Earth Diagnostics, Oxford, United Kingdom, 6The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 7H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Department of Radiation Oncology, Tampa, FL, 8MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 9Department of Radiation Oncology and Applied Sciences, Dartmouth Cancer Center, Geisel School of Medicine, Lebanon, NH, 10Division of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Purpose/Objective(s): A 2013 survey, ROADMAP, established that effective mentorship is a key factor influencing career development and academic productivity in radiation oncology (RO). A second national cross-sectional survey of RO academic mentorship, Consortium for Academic Radiation Oncology Professional Enhancement through Development and Investigation of Educational and Mentoring Methods (CARPE-DIEMM), was conducted as a 12-year update to ROADMAP. CARPE-DIEMM expanded its population to include residents and medical physicists. The purpose of this abstract is to compare characteristics of respondents to CARPE-DIEMM vs. ROADMAP. We hypothesize that CARPE-DIEMM will demonstrate demographic shifts compared to ROADMAP.
Materials/Methods: An IRB-approved survey was sent to 4514 members of ACGME or CAMPEP-accredited RO or medical physics programs via Research Data Capture (REDCap). Mentorship rates and demographic characteristics of the subset of RO CARPE-DIEMM respondents were compared to ROADMAP using Chi-squared to assess significance.
Results: 469 respondents completed CARPE-DIEMM, a 10.4% response rate. Of 451 eligible responses, 206 were from RO, compared to 158 in ROADMAP. CARPE-DIEMM had a higher proportion of female respondents (37% vs. 27%, p=0.077) and greater non-white diversity (34% vs. 29%, p=0.017). Additional characteristics are in Table 1. 135 CARPE-DIEMM respondents (66%) reported having an academic mentor, compared to 61% in ROADMAP (p<0.001).
Conclusion: CARPE-DIEMM is a 12-year update to ROADMAP, with a younger and more diverse respondent profile reporting a higher rate of academic mentorship (66% vs. 61%, p<0.001). Additional exploration of CARPE-DIEMM results will include analysis of mentorship by demographic groups, of productivity measures, and of characteristics of mentor-mentee relationships.
Table 1| ROADMAP (n) | CARPE-DIEMM (n) | P (?²) | |
| RO respondents | 158 | 206 | |
| Gender | 0.077 | ||
| Male | 73% (115) | 62% (127) | |
| Female | 27% (43) | 37% (77) | |
| Prefer not to answer | n/a | 1% (2) | |
| Race | 0.017 | ||
| White | 71% (112) | 66% (143) | |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 23% (36) | 24% (53) | |
| Black | 2% (3) | 2% (5) | |
| Hispanic | 1.3% (2) | 3% (7) | |
| Multiracial | 1.3% (2) | n/a | |
| Middle Eastern | n/a | 3% (7) | |
| Carribean | n/a | 0.5% (1) | |
| Native American | n/a | 0.5% (1) | |
| Other | 2% (3) | n/a | |
| Disability | n/a | ||
| Yes | n/a | 5% (10) | |
| LGBTQIA2S | n/a | ||
| Yes | n/a | 5% (10) | |
| Academic degree | 0.043 | ||
| MD/DO | 67% (105) | 53% (110) | |
| MD/DO and PhD | 19% (30) | 27% (55) | |
| MD/DO and other degree | 11.5% (23) | 20% (41) | |
| Rank | <0.001 | ||
| Chair | 13% (21) | 4% (9) | |
| Professor | 16% (25) | 22% (46) | |
| Associate Professor | 21% (33) | 18% (37) | |
| Assistant Professor | 47% (74) | 29% (59) | |
| Instructor | 3% (5) | 2% (4) | |
| Resident | n/a | 21% (44) | |
| Administrative responsibilities | <0.001 | ||
| Residency Program Director | 14% (22) | 8% (16) | |
| Medical Student Clerkship Director | 5% (8) | 9% (19 | |
| Clinical Director | 19% (30) | 12% (25) | |
| Chief Resident | n/a | 6% (12) | |
| Other | 24% (38) | 24% (5) | |
| N/a | 38% (60) | 45% (92) | |
| Career duration (survey yr - residency grad yr): median (range) | 12 (2-44) | 6 (-4 - 52) “-4” denotes PGY2 |