Personality Antecedents of Burnout among Middle-aged Physicians

McCranie, Edward W.; Brandsma, Jeffrey M.

doi:10.1080/00185868.1989.10543667

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“…In their comparisons of medical and law students, Solkoff and Markowitz (1967) used the MMPI and found that medical students were more introspective and idealistic and more sensitive to the needs of others, whereas law students were more likely to be extroverted and masculine oriented. It has also been reported that scores on the MMPI could predict physician burnout (McCranie & Brandsma 1988).…”

Section: (7) the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventorymentioning

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Personality assessments and outcomes in medical education and the practice of medicine: AMEE Guide No. 79

Hojat

Erdmann²,

Gonnella³

2013

Medical Teacher

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In a paradigm of physician performance we propose that both ''cognitive'' and ''noncognitive'' components contribute to the performance of physicians-in-training and in-practice. Our review of the relevant literature indicates that personality, as an important factor of the ''noncognitive'' component, plays a significant role in academic and professional performances. We describe findings on 14 selected personality instruments in predicting academic and professional performances. We question the contention that personality can be validly and reliably assessed from admission interviews, letters of recommendation, essays, and personal statements. Based on conceptual relevance and currently available empirical evidence, we propose that personality attributes such as conscientiousness and empathy should be considered among the measures of choice for the assessment of pertinent aspects of personality in academic and professional performance. Further exploration is needed to search for additional personality attributes pertinent to medical education and patient care. Implications for career counseling, assessments of professional development and medical education outcomes, and potential use as supplementary information for admission decisions are discussed.''In the physician or surgeon no quality takes rank with imperturbability [which] means coolness and presence of mind under all circumstances and the physician who has the misfortune to be without it loses rapidly the confidence of his patient.''

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Section: (7) the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventorymentioning

confidence: 99%

Personality assessments and outcomes in medical education and the practice of medicine: AMEE Guide No. 79

Hojat

Erdmann²,

Gonnella³

2013

Medical Teacher

124

132

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“…The Burn-Out Measure has not been used on a British population of doctors. It was, however, used recently in the USA in a sample of 440 middle-aged physicians who had previously been screened with a personality trait measure (Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI); Graham, 1987) 25 years earlier (McCranie & Brandsma, 1988). Not surprisingly, given the large time difference, little association was found between the scores on the MMPI when the physicians were young men and the burn-out ratings when they were middle-aged professionals.…”

Section: Burn-outmentioning

confidence: 99%

Psychiatric disorder, stress and burn-out

Guthrie¹,

Black²

1997

Adv. psychiatr. treat

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“…Levinson (1996) emphasizes that stress, which is caused by workload accompanying educational life, transforms into burnout. McCranie and Brandsma (1988) emphasize that burnout is the syndrome brought by excessive stress in educational life. It is observed that students bear considerable workload, both in class and out of class, examinations, academic responsibilities, and obligations of attending activities in connection with structured aims (Salanova, Schaufeli, Martinez, & Breso, 2009).…”

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