Focus group participant demographic and background information
| Group A junior faculty n=6 | Group B mid-career faculty n=8 | Group C senior faculty n=8 | Total | Total percent | |
| Age | |||||
| 25 to 35 years old | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 23% |
| 36 to 45 years old | 1 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 45% |
| 51 years old and older | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 32% |
| Sex | |||||
| Female | 3 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 50% |
| Male | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 50% |
| Ethnicity (checked all that applied) | |||||
| White | 4 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 70% |
| Black/African American | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13% |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4% |
| Asian | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 13% |
| Affiliation | |||||
| Emory School of Medicine | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 72% |
| Emory School of Medicine and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 24% |
| Emory School of Medicine and VA Hospital | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3% |
| Degree | |||||
| MD | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 55% |
| PhD | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 36% |
| MD/PhD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9% | |
| Research classification (checked all that applied) | |||||
| Outcomes research | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5% |
| Basic science | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 41% |
| Clinical science | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 23% |
| Translational science | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 32% |
| Mentoring experience (group C, senior mentors only, over entire career) | |||||
| Number of pre-doctoral mentees | Sum=50 Mean=6 | ||||
| Number of post-doctoral mentees | Sum=91 Mean=11 | ||||
| No of junior faculty mentees | Sum=63 Mean=8 | ||||
Four focus group participants, 2 from Group A, 1 from Group B, and from Group C, did not complete the pre-focus group demographic and background information survey.