[Individual needs of the health sciences faculty]

This study aimed to identify security, social, esteem, autonomy and self-actualization needs of faculty members at the Medical Sciences Campus of the University of Puerto Rico. Data was gathered during November and December, 1989, throughout a self-administered questionnaire to a randomized, stratified, proportional sample of 115 professors, 49.7% from a population of 231 members. Two "Likert"-type, five-points scales were included in the questionnaire in order to determine levels of satisfaction and levels of occurrence of faculty needs. An exploratory-descriptive design was used and the main statistical analysis included the mean, t test for correlated samples and factor analysis. Findings revealed that surveyed faculty members were satisfied with security and institutional autonomy and also felt self-actualized. Social needs were moderately satisfied, although were less satisfied with institutional opportunities for social interaction among professors and members of the academic community. Faculty members perceived that institutional recognition was low, which was considered as esteem need.