Ability of Prospective Assessment of Personality Profiles to Predict the Practice Specialty of Medical Students
| Autor: | Mariam M. El Baghdadi, Paul Rodenhauser, Alexander T. Hillel, Steven Fein, Bradley A. Maron, Barry J. Maron |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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Agreeableness
Extraversion and introversion business.industry media_common.quotation_subject education Specialty Conscientiousness Articles General Medicine 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology Neuroticism 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Medicine Personality 030212 general & internal medicine Personality Assessment Inventory Big Five personality traits business Clinical psychology media_common |
| Zdroj: | Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings. 20:22-26 |
| ISSN: | 1525-3252 0899-8280 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/08998280.2007.11928228 |
| Popis: | Medical practice encompasses a diverse spectrum of specialties. Factors that impact selection of clinical disciplines by young physicians may have recently evolved associated with changes in medical school demographics. We assessed whether physicians gravitate to certain practice specialties due to preexisting personality traits. The Neuroticism-Extraversion-Openness Personality Inventory Revised Test was administered prospectively to 130 first-year students the week before they began medical school. Scores for five traits (neuroticism, extraversion, openness, agreeableness, conscientiousness) were compared with the selection among nine medical residencies at the conclusion of medical school. Personality scores for medical students selecting psychiatry residencies showed greater degrees of neuroticism (P < 0.01) and openness (P < 0.03). Students electing family practice also deviated from other specialties, showing a lower degree of neuroticism (P < 0.03). Unexpectedly, personality traits in prospective surgical residents did not differ from those of students choosing nonsurgical residencies. Personality profiles present before medical school appear to predict the selection of some residencies and clinical specialties but not others. |
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