Medical students Big Five Personality scores and the effects on the selection process
Eur. j. anat
; 15(2): 121-128, mayo 2011. ilus, tab
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in English
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ABSTRACT
Assessment of the personalities of medical students not only aids the formulation of strategies for the best development of academic and clinical competencies but can also inform the process of selecting medical practitioners. The hypothesis tested was that medical students have distinct personality profiles that reflect the nature of the selection process. Two groups of French medical students were compared using the Big Five Inventory (BFI) to measure personality an unselected group of Year 1 medical students (n = 1332; mean age 19.4 years ± 1.4; 68% females) and a group of academically successful Year 3 students (n = 403; mean age 21.3 ± 1.6; 65% female). The data collected further enabled comparisons in an international context where medical students were selected using different procedures. Year 3 French medical students, who represent only the top 15% of students initially admitted into the medical course, scored lower on two personality dimensions than the unselected Year 1 students on Agreeableness and Openness to new experience (p < 0.001). In keeping with the findings in non-medical populations, both groups of female medical students scored higher on Agreeableness than did males. Nevertheless, the selection effect on Agreeableness and Openness held for both males and females. These findings contrast with medical student personality profiles in other countries that use less overtly competitive procedures to select medical students (AU)
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Collection:
National databases
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Spain
Database:
IBECS
Main subject:
Personality Assessment
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Personality Inventory
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Students, Medical
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Eur. j. anat
Year:
2011
Document type:
Article
Institution/Affiliation country:
Cardiff University/United Kingdom
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IPSR and Department of psychology/USA
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School of Medicine/France
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Université François Rabelais/s. p