scholarly journals Variation in personality traits of medical students between schools of medicine

2013 ◽  
Vol 35 (11) ◽  
pp. 944-948 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian Wilson ◽  
Barbara Griffin ◽  
Lisa Lampe ◽  
Diann Eley ◽  
Gerry Corrigan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Schools Of Medicine

Personality traits are associated with cognitive empathy in medical students but not with its evolution and interventions to improve it

2021 ◽  
pp. 110410
Author(s):  
Guillaume Airagnes ◽  
Céline Buffel du Vaure ◽  
Eric Galam ◽  
Lucie Bunge ◽  
Nicolas Hoertel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Cognitive Empathy

scholarly journals Predicating Attitude Toward Learning Communication Skills in Medical Students of Shahid Beheshti University

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-25
Author(s):  
Maryam Akbarilakeh ◽  
Fahimeh Fargah ◽  
Katatyoun Razjouyan ◽  
Mitra Rahimzadeh
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Medical Training ◽  
Medical Curriculum ◽  
Attitude Scale ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Five Dimensions ◽  
Significant Relationships ◽  
Convenience Sampling

Background: The ability of communicating with people is of great importance for physicians. Predicting unknown variables like personality traits is one of the important impressive issues in choosing future medical experts in medical training. Regarding this, medical colleges have training programs all around the world. The present study aimed to investigate the attitude toward learning communication skills based on the personality traits of medical students. Materials and Methods: This correlational study was done in 2019 and the participants were medical students who were selected using a convenience sampling method. Zuckerman-Kuhlman personality questionnaire and communication skills attitude scale (CSAS) were used for data collection. CSAS was used to assess positive and negative attitudes. Results: The results showed that only the sociability dimension among the five dimensions of personality had a significant relationship with attitude toward learning communication skills (P=0.018). Moreover, significant relationships of gender (P=0.022), mother’s education level (P=0.049), and residence (P=0.036) with attitude to learning communication skills were found. Conclusion: According to the results, the dimension of demographic characteristics is effective in improving communication skills of medical students. Therefore, it is recommended that it should be considered in medical curriculum development and revision and modifications.

scholarly journals Different but similar: personality traits of​ surgeons and internists—results of a cross-sectional observational study

BMJ Open ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (7) ◽  
pp. e021310 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin N Stienen ◽  
Felix Scholtes ◽  
Robin Samuel ◽  
Alexander Weil ◽  
Astrid Weyerbrock ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Medical Practice ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Five Factor Model ◽  
Normal Population ◽  
Openness To Experience ◽  
Personality Profiles ◽  
Medical Specialties ◽  
Linear Discriminant

ObjectivesMedical practice may attract and possibly enhance distinct personality profiles. We set out to describe the personality profiles of surgical and medical specialties focusing on board-certified physicians.DesignProspective, observational.SettingOnline survey containing the Ten-Item Personality Inventory (TIPI), an internationally validated measure of the Five Factor Model of personality dimensions, distributed to board-certified physicians, residents and medical students in several European countries and Canada. Differences in personality profiles were analysed using multivariate analysis of variance and Canonical Linear Discriminant Analysis on age-standardised and sex-standardised z-scores of the personality traits. Single personality traits were analysed using robust t-tests.ParticipantsThe TIPI was completed by 2345 board-certified physicians, 1453 residents and 1350 medical students, who also provided demographic information.ResultsNormal population and board-certified physicians’ personality profiles differed (p<0.001). The latter scored higher on conscientiousness, extraversion and agreeableness, but lower on neuroticism (all p<0.001). There was no difference in openness to experience. Board-certified surgical and medical doctors’ personality profiles were also different (p<0.001). Surgeons scored higher on extraversion (p=0.003) and openness to experience (p=0.002), but lower on neuroticism (p<0.001). There was no difference in agreeableness and conscientiousness. These differences in personality profiles were reproduced at other levels of training, that is, in students and training physicians engaging in surgical versus medical practice.ConclusionThese results indicate the existence of a distinct and consistent average ‘physician personality’. Despite high variability within disciplines, there are moderate but solid and reproducible differences between surgical and medical specialties.

scholarly journals The Association Between Personality Traits and Specialty Preference Among Medical Students in Jordan

2020 ◽  
Vol Volume 13 ◽  
pp. 599-607
Author(s):  
Mohammed Nawaiseh ◽  
Rund Haddadin ◽  
Belal Al Droubi ◽  
Hussam Nawaiseh ◽  
Salameh Alarood ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Personality Traits

scholarly journals Psychiatry as a career choice among medical students: a cross-sectional study examining school-related and non-school factors

BMJ Open ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (8) ◽  
pp. e022201 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lee Seng Esmond Seow ◽  
Boon Yiang Chua ◽  
Rathi Mahendran ◽  
Swapna Verma ◽  
Hui Lin Ong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Medical School ◽  
Career Choice ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Psychiatric Training ◽  
Outcome Variable ◽  
Personality Factors ◽  
School Factors ◽  
Cross Sectional

ObjectivesGiven the low recruitment to psychiatry worldwide, the current study aimed to examine how premedical and intramedical school factors, perception of career aspects, attitudes towards psychiatry, stigma towards mental illness and personality traits may affect the likelihood of psychiatry as a career choice.DesignCross-sectional online study.Participants502 medical students from two public medical institutions in Singapore.MethodsWe critically examined existing literature for factors identified to influence psychiatry as a career choice and explored their effects in a group of medical students in Singapore. To avoid overloading the regression model, this analysis only included variables shown to have significant association (p<0.05) with the outcome variable from the initial Χ2test and independent t-test analyses.ResultsA considerable number of non-medical school factors such as preschool influence and interest, personality traits and importance of a high status specialty in medicine were found to affect students’ choice of psychiatry as a career. Among medical school factors, attending a psychiatry/mental health club was the only influential factor. Negative attitudes towards psychiatry, but not stigma towards people with mental illness, significantly predicted the likelihood of not choosing psychiatry as a career.ConclusionsImproving educational environment or teaching practice in psychiatric training may aid in future recruitment for psychiatrists. While the changing of premedical school influences or personality factors may be infeasible, medical schools and psychiatry institutes could play a more critical role by enhancing enrichment activities or clerkship experience to bring about a more positive attitudinal change towards psychiatry among students who did consider a career in psychiatry.

scholarly journals Does Medical Students’ Personality Traits Influence Their Attitudes toward Medical Errors?

Healthcare ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chia-Lun Lo ◽  
Hsiao-Ting Tseng ◽  
Chi-Hua Chen
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Medical Errors ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Five Factor Model ◽  
Questionnaire Response ◽  
Medical Department ◽  
Enhance Patient Safety ◽  
New Students ◽  
Quality Of Medical Care

This study examined medical students’ perceptions towards medical errors and the policy of the hospital within the internship curriculum, and explored how aspects of personality traits of medical students relate to their attitude toward medical errors. Based on the theory of the Five-Factor-Model (FFM) and related literature review, this study adopted a self-devised structured questionnaire to distribute to 493 medical students in years five to seven in the top three medical schools, representing a 56.7% valid questionnaire response rate. Results showed that agreeableness is more important than other personality traits, and medical students with high agreeableness are good communicators and have a more positive attitude to avoid errors in the future. On the contrary, students with low neuroticism tended to be more relaxed and gentle. If medical educators can recruit new students with high agreeableness, these students will be more likely to effectively improve the quality of medical care and enhance patient safety. This study anticipates that this method could be easily translated to nearly every medical department entry examination, particularly with regards to a consciousness-based education of future physicians.

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