2012
DOI: 10.1177/0163278712454138
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Using Personal Qualities Assessment to Measure the Moral Orientation and Personal Qualities of Medical Students in a Non-Western Culture

Abstract: How to select candidates with appropriate personal qualities for medical school is an important issue. This study examined the psychometric properties and group differences of the Personal Qualities Assessment (PQA) to test the feasibility of using it as a tool to assess the medical school applicants in a non-Western culture. Seven hundred forty-six medical students in Taiwan completed two psychometric measures: Mojac to assess moral orientation and NACE to assess four aspects of interpersonal relationships. T… Show more

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“…Our “PAI” 1 , 71 , 108 , 109 is the core guidance, our pragmatic and aspirational “compass” of how we choose the next generation of medical practitioners. We are all engaged in this better physician adventure.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Our “PAI” 1 , 71 , 108 , 109 is the core guidance, our pragmatic and aspirational “compass” of how we choose the next generation of medical practitioners. We are all engaged in this better physician adventure.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The doctor-patient relationship is the core of medicine and strengthening doctor-patient relationships can improve therapeutic and health outcomes [38]. The agreeableness trait tendency to be friendly and cooperative [37] can support the connection between the physician and the patient once the building of functional and successful interpersonal relations flows more naturally [39]. The three personality trait could be related to students attitudes toward communication in diverse ways; agreeableness by the easiness start a relationship mostly by the tendency to be friendly [37]; the extraversion by the inner disposition and energy to social interaction [39]; and the openness by the better acceptance of adversity and disposition to change [41].…”
Section: Csas and Personality Traitsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The agreeableness trait tendency to be friendly and cooperative [37] can support the connection between the physician and the patient once the building of functional and successful interpersonal relations flows more naturally [39]. The three personality trait could be related to students attitudes toward communication in diverse ways; agreeableness by the easiness start a relationship mostly by the tendency to be friendly [37]; the extraversion by the inner disposition and energy to social interaction [39]; and the openness by the better acceptance of adversity and disposition to change [41]. The idea of our research is not to associate personality traits with performance, as professional and practical performance involve more factors than simply students' and physicians' personality traits and personalities can change throughout the course of medical education and practice [44,45] [46,47].…”
Section: Csas and Personality Traitsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The final objective of medical education is to form competent professionals who have technical and clinical knowledge and capacity, who are capable of renewing their learning throughout life, and who have an ethical and moral behavior 9 . The art of providing care is a daily challenge that requires of the doctor a holistic view of the patient.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%