Part-time faculty in academic pediatrics, medicine, family medicine, and surgery: the views of the chairs.

Objective: To describe the number of academic medical faculty working part time, the ranks and genders of part-time faculty, the satisfaction with having part-time faculty, and the advantages/disadvantages of employing part-time faculty as reported by department chairs.

Methods: We mailed a survey to all chairs of departments of pediatrics, medicine, family medicine, and surgery in the United States and Puerto Rico. The survey assessed whether the department employed part-time faculty (defined as faculty working more than 0.