Medical Specialty Choice and Personality I. Initial Results and Predictions

Yufit, Robert I.; Pollock, George H.; Wasserman, Edward

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“…5,8 First described by Yufit et al, 9 the PO-TO approach proposes that PO professions (e.g. paediatrician, physician) have a leaning towards people and the entire patient, focusing on the development of a therapeutic relationship, 5,8,9 a 'deeper personal and emotional involvement with patients' (see Yufit et al,9 p. 91). In comparison, TO professions (e.g.…”

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“…anaesthetist, ophthalmologist) focus on technical skills, procedures and instruments. 9 Yufit et al 6,9 reported that the PO medical specialties of paediatrics, psychiatry and obstetrics-gynaecology scored more highly on traits of Nurturance, Intimacy and Autonomy than radiology, pathology and ophthalmology, which had high ratings for Dominance, Order and Narcissism and low ratings for Autonomy and Dependency. Supporting the notion of differences based on person or technique orientation, PO and TO medical specialties were found to differ on Rule-consciousness and Abstractedness 3 and Defendence and Social Recognition.…”

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Investigating personality and conceptualising allied health as person or technique oriented

Campbell

Eley

McAllister

2014

Aust. Health Review

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Objective. Allied health (AH) includes many diverse professions, each with a unique contribution to healthcare, making it possible to consider these professions as person oriented (PO) or technique oriented (TO). This paper explored the personality traits of AH professionals from the perspective of both the PO or TO orientation and the individual professions.Methods. AH professionals (n = 562) provided demographic data and completed the Temperament and Character Inventory. Examination of the literature and a consultation process resulted in nine professions classified as PO and 10 classified as TO. Multivariate analyses compared levels of personality traits and demographic variables between the PO (n = 492) and TO (n = 70) groups, and the professions within the groups.Results. Professionals in the PO group showed significantly higher levels of traits that emphasise person orientation attributes, such as being sociable, empathic and cooperative, compared with AH professionals in professions with an emphasis on TO.Conclusions. Trends in personality traits among AH professionals were congruent with the PO and TO aspects of their chosen profession. This supports the usefulness of the PO and TO concepts in describing AH professions and may provide new clues for policy aiming to enhance job satisfaction, retention and career development.What is known about the topic? The literature suggests that certain medical specialities can be classified as person (PO) or technique oriented (TO) and that individuals attracted to those specialties display traits that are similar to that orientation. There is scant information on the AH professions regarding similar person or technique orientations. What does this paper add? The diversity of professions within AH allows a new approach to describing each profession as either PO (socially dependent, cooperative and relationship focused), or TO (focused on skills and procedures). The trend in personality traits of individuals in certain AH professions is compatible with the orientation of that profession. Findings suggest that individuals may be attracted to professions that favour a similar personality pattern to their own. What are the implications for practitioners? Gaining an improved understanding of the AH professions and individuals who are attracted to them in a climate of workforce shortage and increasing multidisciplinary service demand. The findings provide a new approach to understanding the characteristics of AH professions according to the personalities they attract. This information could guide recruitment and retention policy, and assist in career counselling by providing greater insight into personality profiles that are best suited to certain professions.

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Investigating personality and conceptualising allied health as person or technique oriented

Campbell

Eley

McAllister

2014

Aust. Health Review

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“…"These changing personality characteristics are important in the recruitment of students into our program and in planning educational offerings, because personality also influences learning style" (Sliwa and Shade-Zeldow,1994, p. 312). Yufit, Pollock, & Wasserman (1969) divided medical specialties into people-oriented and technique-oriented groups. Using the intimacy-isolation dimension of the Edwards Personality Profile, the authors were able to predict specialty choice.…”

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Personality Traits of Nurses in Anesthesia and Family Nurse Practitioner Masters Degree Programs

Moore¹

1998

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Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 1 hour per response, including the tinm for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to Washington Headquarters Services, Directorate for Information Operations and Reports, 1215 Jefferson Davis Highway, Suite 1204, Arlignton, VA 22202-4302, and ii Personality traitsThe author hereby certifies that the use of any copyrighted material in this thesis entitled:"Personality traits of nurses in anesthesia and family nurse practitioner masters degree programs." beyond brief excerpts is with the permission of the copyright owner, and will save and hold harmless the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences from any damage which may arise from such copyright violations. Family Nurse Practitioners (SFNPs) before they start their graduate programs. Knowledge of personality traits of the two groups carries the possibility of creating educational programs for practitioners to institute in their various academic studies. The research question is to describe the personality traits of nurses in anesthesia and family nurse practitioner masters degree programs. This descriptive study used the MBTI and involved uniformed service nurses who were selected for the Uniformed Service University of the Health Sciences (USUHS) nurse anesthetist and family nurse practitioner programs. Evaluation of the SRNAs, 33% fell into the personality typology designated for "military" types and 25% were found to be in the "nurse" personality type' As the inventory was given to military nurses, these results are not surprising.An analysis of SFNPs data, showed that 15% of students belonged in the military group, 23%into the nursing category, and 31% in a category similar to that of general practitioner's. This is interesting because family nurse practitoners do similar tasks and and work in the same environment as their counterpart general practitioner physicians. Evaluation of the discrete composite groups of the SRNAs and the SFNPs together found that both groups of were similar.The majority of subjects were the extroverted-sensing-thinking-judging (ESTJ) composite v Personality traits prototype. ESTJ students tend to be rather scholarly. They respond best to well structured courses that produce practical, tangible results. Their academic prowess continues up the academic ladder, although they tend to have less patience with the more abstract theories at the college level. They are frustrated by intuitive-perceiving professors whose lectures do not follow stated outlines and whose material is not limited to the factual and concrete. The fact that these nurses generally fell into the nursing and military prototypes adds validity to the instrument.Once personality types of students are known, f...

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“…As Yufit et al (1969) explain, given a 'conflict-free' choice, individuals are likely to select a career aligned with their interests. However, other influences are often present.…”

Section: Personality In Career Selection or Predictionmentioning

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“…Providing further evidence for the role of personality in shaping but not necessarily predicting with fine-grained accuracy, the fit between personality and career outcomes was pioneered in medicine by Yufit et al (1969) and Wasserman, Yufit, and Pollock (1969). They categorised the work demands of medical specialities as being either 'person-oriented' with a focus on the therapeutic relationship, or 'technique-oriented' with a focus on technical skills and procedures.…”

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Investigating the motivation and personal traits of allied health professionals working in remote and rural Australia: the Remote and Rural Allied Health Motivation and Personality (RRAHMP) study

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Background: Allied health (AH) workforce shortages in remote and rural Australia contribute to poorer health outcomes for residents in those areas. This gap in health workforce has long been recognised as problematic and persists despite strategies for improving recruitment and retention of AH professionals. This thesis reports on a new approach to addressing the recruitment to, and retention in, remote areas of AH professionals by investigating the personal traits and motivation characteristics of AH professionals with and without remote area work experience. Recent research has shown that the nursing and medical professions can be differentiated by personality traits, but little is known about the personality traits of AH professionals. Therefore, this research aimed to address that knowledge gap.The aim of the study was to identify the personality traits and motivation characteristics that might assist an individual to 'thrive' rather than 'survive' in the remote work environment. It Health achieved a sample size of 562 AH professionals, with full demographic data and a completed TCI. Dependent variables were the TCI dimensions, while independent variables were remote experience, gender, age, profession and grouping of the professions as either person-or technique-oriented. Analysis was descriptive of the whole sample and comparative between groups using independent samples t-test, ANOVA and subsequent two-way ANOVA with 95% confidence level.Strand 2 used Personal Construct Psychology's key technique, the repertory grid interview, to understand how AH professionals construed working in remote areas, in terms of the personal traits and motivation that contribute to success. Participants (n=34) were a purposively selected subset of Strand 1. The repertory grid interviews produced both iii qualitative and quantitative data. These were analysed qualitatively to identify the personal and motivation characteristics, and quantitatively using singular value decomposition and Euclidean distance to compare differences construed by participants between remote and other AH work situations. Results:The following key findings were determined from personality trait results, together with the repertory grid results: The AH professionals appear to have mature personality characteristics, i.e. high or very high levels of Reward Dependence, Persistence, Self-directedness and Cooperativeness. The AH professionals with remote experience had higher Novelty Seeking and average Harm Avoidance levels compared with AH professionals without remote experience. Younger AH professionals tended towards higher Harm Avoidance levels.

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Medical Specialty Choice and Personality I. Initial Results and Predictions

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Investigating personality and conceptualising allied health as person or technique oriented

Investigating personality and conceptualising allied health as person or technique oriented

Personality Traits of Nurses in Anesthesia and Family Nurse Practitioner Masters Degree Programs

Investigating the motivation and personal traits of allied health professionals working in remote and rural Australia: the Remote and Rural Allied Health Motivation and Personality (RRAHMP) study

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