The Ultimate Guide to Choosing a Medical Specialty

Batalden, Karin B.

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“…Students who were classified as introverted, observant and judging or had ISFJ-T personality were more likely to choose family medicine. As far as particular MBTI personality types are concerned, our findings are consistent with data adapted from McCaulley's (18,19).…”

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Personality types of medical students in terms of their choice of medical specialty (Preprint)

Tobiaszewska,

Koweszko,

Jurek

et al. 2024

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BACKGROUND Research on personality types among doctors reveals its impact on medical specialty choices, suggesting that considering personality in career planning may enhance work satisfaction and reduce burnout risks. OBJECTIVE This study, encompassing 2140 medical students, explores how personality types, traits, and gender correlate with specialty preferences METHODS Subjects of the study were medical students from various universities in Poland. The study surveyed 2104 participants, who completed a general questionnaire and a personality test. To ensure we included undecided students and obtained meaningful data, we allowed participants to select up to three medical specialties from the 77 available in Poland at the time of the study. RESULTS The findings unveil significant correlations between gender, personality types, traits, and specialty preferences. Women tended to favor Neonatology, while men leaned towards Orthopaedics and traumatology of the locomotor system. ENFP-T (Extroverted, Intuitive, Feeling, Prospecting, and Turbulent) students showed a heightened interest in Psychiatry, whereas (ISFJ-T) Introverted, Observant, Feeling, Judging types favored Family Medicine and Paediatrics. CONCLUSIONS In conclusion, this research establishes a link between personality and medical specialty selection. Taking into account the significant role of personality traits, it should be to considered integrate them into the process of selecting a medical career or designing a medical curriculum. This approach may allow for the customization of programs to match students' traits, thereby cultivating improved clinical communication skills, fostering interprofessional collaboration and ultimately enhancing treatment outcomes and professional fulfillment among physicians.

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Personality types of medical students in terms of their choice of medical specialty (Preprint)

Tobiaszewska,

Koweszko,

Jurek

et al. 2024

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“…8 These activities are taught in undergraduate medical school rotations known as medical clerkships. 9 There are required (aka, core), selective (aka, subinternships), and elective clerkships. In the United States, medical schools typically require emergency medicine, family medicine, internal medicine, neurology, obstetrics/gynecology, pediatrics, psychiatry, and surgery clerkships.…”

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Quantity and Quality of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clerkships in US Medical Schools

Benbassat

Cervero²,

Miller³

et al. 2021

Am J Phys Med Rehabil

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Objective: The purpose of this study was to address two underreported issues in undergraduate physical medicine and rehabilitation medical education: quantity and quality of physical medicine and rehabilitation clerkships in US medical schools. Design: A multimethod sequential design was used to evaluate the curricula of US medical schools. Quantity (N = 154) of physical medicine and rehabilitation clerkships was assessed by counting the number of required, selective, and elective clerkships in each medical school. Quality (n = 13) was assessed by conducting a thematic analysis on physical medicine and rehabilitation clerkship curricula to identify learning objectives. These objectives were then compared with learning objectives in a model standard. Results: Whereas few medical schools required a physical medicine and rehabilitation clerkship, most offered elective rotations in physical medicine and rehabilitation. Most medical schools only included 6 of the 12 model standard learning objectives. Medical schools also included 29 learning objectives not present in the model standard. Conclusions: Physical medicine and rehabilitation clerkships are not underrepresented but are underemphasized, in undergraduate medical schools. Furthermore, these clerkships use inconsistent learning objectives. Thus, findings suggest the need to draw attention to physical medicine and rehabilitation clerkships by offering them as selectives and to develop a list of standardized learning objectives. This exploratory study developed such a groundbreaking list and invites the physical medicine and rehabilitation community to test it.

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The Ultimate Guide to Choosing a Medical Specialty

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Personality types of medical students in terms of their choice of medical specialty (Preprint)

Personality types of medical students in terms of their choice of medical specialty (Preprint)

Quantity and Quality of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clerkships in US Medical Schools

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