How the personalities of medical students at the National University of Singapore differ from those of the local non-medical undergraduate population: a cross-sectional study
Singapore medical journal
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: 656-659, 2018.
Article
Dans Anglais
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ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION@#Integrity and willingness to contribute to society are desired traits of medical students beyond academic excellence. We investigated the personality traits of medical students at the National University of Singapore (NUS), who were about to become doctors. Personality traits were compared with a peer population of local university students.@*METHODS@#This study was conducted between October 2013 and December 2014. Year 4 medical students were administered the Revised NEO (Neuroticism-Extraversion-Openness) Personality Inventory (NEO PI-R), a 240-item Likert scale personality test. Test data was analysed by an institutional psychologist and compared to a separate sample of 377 non-medical students who were peers at the same university taking psychology as a module. Data was collated and analysed.@*RESULTS@#65 Year 4 medical students completed the NEO PI-R personality test. The personalities of Year 4 medical students at NUS differed from their peers in all domains except for openness. NUS medical students generally had less neuroticism, and were more extroverted, agreeable and conscientious than their peers.@*CONCLUSION@#Personality testing of NUS Year 4 medical students showed many of the desired traits of a doctor when compared to their peers at the same university.
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WPRIM (Pacifique occidental)
Sujet Principal:
Groupe de pairs
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Personnalité
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Inventaire de personnalité
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Psychologie
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Singapour
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Étudiants
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Étudiant médecine
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Universités
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Études transversales
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Enquêtes et questionnaires
Type d'étude:
Étude observationnelle
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Étude de prévalence
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Facteurs de risque
Limites du sujet:
Adulte
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Femelle
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Humains
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Mâle
Pays comme sujet:
Asie
langue:
Anglais
Texte intégral:
Singapore medical journal
Année:
2018
Type:
Article
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