ABSTRACT
Background: Pharmacists and medical doctors are two professional groups that very often receive their education and practice in the same environment. However, their approach to patient care and collaboration tends to be different and this may lead to both frustration and conflict which may adversely affect patient care. Personality has been identified as a psychological issue that could contribute to conflict in a work situation. Objective: To study the personality traits of a cohort of students studying pharmacy and medicine at the University of Malta in their first and final year. Methods: The Gordon Personal Profile - Inventory was administered to a cohort of pharmacy and medical students in their first year and once again administered to the same cohort who completed their course of study in their final year. Basic demographic data was also collected. Results: In first year the most pronounced traits for both student groups were those of Emotional Stability and Personal Relations. Over a period of five years, there were shifts in personality traits. In their final year pharmacy students were characterized by high scores for Cautiousness and Personal Relations while medical students exhibited medium scores in Cautiousness and Emotional Stability. Conclusion: The changes in personality traits over the duration of the course were not radical changes but rather that of traits becoming more pronounced (AU)
Antecedentes: Farmacéuticos y médicos son dos grupos profesionales que frecuentemente reciben su educación y práctica en el mismo entorno. Sin embargo, su abordaje de la atención al paciente y la colaboración tiende a ser diferente, y esto puede llevar tanto a frustración como a conflictos que pueden afectar negativamente la atención al paciente. Se ha definido la personalidad como un aspecto psicológico que podría contribuir a crear conflictos en una situación laboral. Objetivo: Estudiar los rasgos de personalidad de una cohorte de estudiantes de farmacia y medicina en la Universidad de Malta en su primer y último año. Métodos: Se administró el Gordon Personal Profile -Inventory a una cohorte de estudiantes de farmacia y medicina en su primer año, y de nuevo se administró a la misma cohorte que completó los estudios en el último año. También se recogieron los datos demográficos básicos. Resultados: En el primer año, los rasgos más pronunciados para ambos estudiantes eran los de Estabilidad Emocional y Relaciones Personales. Durante el periodo de cinco años hubo cambios en los rasgos de personalidad. En su año final, los estudiantes de farmacia se caracterizaron por alta puntuación de Precaución y de Relaciones Personales, mientras que los estudiantes de medicina presentaron puntuaciones medias en Precaución y en Estabilidad Emocional. Conclusión: Los cambios en los rasgos de personalidad mientras a lo largo de la duración de la carrera no fueron radicales, pero determinados rasgos se convirtieron en más pronunciados (AU)
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Humans , Male , Female , Education, Pharmacy, Continuing , Education, Pharmacy, Continuing/methods , Personality Assessment/standards , Education, Public Health Professional , Education, Public Health Professional/methods , Pharmaceutical Services , Education, Pharmacy, Continuing/classification , Education, Pharmacy, Continuing/trends , Education, Public Health Professional/classification , Education, Public Health Professional/trends , Social BehaviorABSTRACT
Thoroughly characterizing and continuously monitoring the public health workforce is necessary for ensuring capacity to deliver public health services. A prerequisite for this is to develop a standardized methodology for classifying public health workers, permitting valid comparisons across agencies and over time, which does not exist for the public health workforce. An expert working group, all of whom are authors on this paper, was convened during 2012-2014 to develop a public health workforce taxonomy. The purpose of the taxonomy is to facilitate the systematic characterization of all public health workers while delineating a set of minimum data elements to be used in workforce surveys. The taxonomy will improve the comparability across surveys, assist with estimating duplicate counting of workers, provide a framework for describing the size and composition of the workforce, and address other challenges to workforce enumeration. The taxonomy consists of 12 axes, with each axis describing a key characteristic of public health workers. Within each axis are multiple categories, and sometimes subcategories, that further define that worker characteristic. The workforce taxonomy axes are occupation, workplace setting, employer, education, licensure, certification, job tasks, program area, public health specialization area, funding source, condition of employment, and demographics. The taxonomy is not intended to serve as a replacement for occupational classifications but rather is a tool for systematically categorizing worker characteristics. The taxonomy will continue to evolve as organizations implement it and recommend ways to improve this tool for more accurate workforce data collection.
