title: Supporting voluntary faculty members in departments of psychiatry.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Unpaid voluntary faculty members do substantial amounts of teaching in medical schools. This article discusses strategies for recruitment, retention, and development for these individuals.
  
  
  METHODS
  The authors describe a compendium of literature searches and their own experience administering a large medical student education program and residency programs.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Voluntary faculty members are internally motivated to teach. Concrete or monetary compensation is much less valued than simple acknowledgment and teaching-excellence awards.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Departments should thoughtfully decide how they wish to reward voluntary faculty members for their contributions. Small gestures of gratitude generally are appreciated out of proportion to their intrinsic value. Departments can successfully retain excellent teachers who contribute to the educational mission without spending scarce resources.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, College of Human Medicine, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA. magenj@msu.edu
authors.forename: Jed
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Magen
authors.forename: Alyse
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ley
mesh_terms: D005180:Faculty, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000458:organization & administration; D010560:Personnel Selection; D010563:Personnel Turnover; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000191:economics / Q000193:education* / Q000458:organization & administration; D012577:Schools, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration; D014838:Volunteers / Q000458:organization & administration; D000078329:Workforce