title: Toward measuring the domains of mentoring.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Mentoring benefits faculty members and institutions, but mentoring efforts are difficult to sustain. Measuring the domains of mentoring could focus efforts to achieve desired outcomes. This project investigated the factor structure of a "mentoring experiences" measurement instrument.
  
  
  METHODS
  A previously developed instrument was revised and distributed to 108 faculty members in one medical school department as part of the department's professional development process.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The response rate was 89%. The instrument's Cronbach's alpha was 0.96, and factor analysis produced four factors with eigenvalues greater than 1 and factor loadings >0.400 for 27 items.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study determined that an instrument measuring domains of the protégé's experience is reliable. This instrument may be useful to guide and evaluate mentoring initiatives.
authors.affiliation: Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Houston, TX 77098, USA. jrogers@bcm.edu
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rogers
authors.forename: F Marconi
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Monteiro
authors.forename: Amaury
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nora
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration; D005180:Faculty, Medical; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008016:Life Change Events; D008611:Mentors / Q000523:psychology*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013192:Staff Development; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires