title: Medical student psychiatric educators' perceptions of supports, resources, and rewards.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The primary purpose of this study was to determine the adequacy of resources for medical student education in psychiatry in US medical schools.
  
  
  METHODS
  An e-questionnaire was deployed to psychiatric educators in the Association of the Directors of Medical Student Education in Psychiatry (ADMSEP) regarding resources for fulfilling their educational mission.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Medical student educators in psychiatry were neutral as to whether they had adequate mentoring, yet did report support from their chair. Participants' roles in medical student education and membership in ADMSEP enhanced their work satisfaction, career satisfaction, and career development. Many participants reflected a lack of adequate resources to achieve student education goals.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There are opportunities for improvement in provision of teaching resources, mentoring for medical student educators, greater protected time for teaching and administration, and rewards (salary and non-monetary) for educators. If actualized, these improvements would promote optimization of medical student education in psychiatry.
authors.affiliation: Wright State University, Dayton, OH, USA, brenda.roman@wright.edu.
authors.forename: Brenda
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Roman
authors.forename: Gregory
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Briscoe
authors.forename: Tamara
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gay
mesh_terms: D005180:Faculty, Medical / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008611:Mentors; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000193:education*; D040841:Resource Allocation; D012577:Schools, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States