Different but similar: personality traits of​ surgeons and internists—results of a cross-sectional observational study

ObjectivesMedical practice may attract and possibly enhance distinct personality profiles. We set out to describe the personality profiles of surgical and medical specialties focusing on board-certified physicians.DesignProspective, observational.SettingOnline survey containing the Ten-Item Personal...

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Published in:BMJ open 2018-07, Vol.8 (7), p.e021310-e021310
Main Authors: Stienen, Martin N, Scholtes, Felix, Samuel, Robin, Weil, Alexander, Weyerbrock, Astrid, Surbeck, Werner
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Age
Anesthesia & intensive care
Anesthésie & soins intensifs
Career Choice
Careers
Chirurgie
Cross-Sectional Studies
difference
Female
Health Services Research
Human health sciences
Humans
Hypotheses
internist
Male
Medical students
Medicine - statistics & numerical data
Middle Aged
Multivariate analysis
Neurologie
Neurology
Observational studies
Personality
Personality Inventory
Personality traits
physician
Physicians - psychology
Population
Prospective Studies
Quantitative psychology
Sciences de la santé humaine
Specialization - statistics & numerical data
Students
Students, Medical - psychology
surgeon
Surgeons
Surgeons - education
Surgeons - psychology
Surgery
Urology
Young Adult
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Summary:ObjectivesMedical practice may attract and possibly enhance distinct personality profiles. We set out to describe the personality profiles of surgical and medical specialties focusing on board-certified physicians.DesignProspective, observational.SettingOnline survey containing the Ten-Item Personality Inventory (TIPI), an internationally validated measure of the Five Factor Model of personality dimensions, distributed to board-certified physicians, residents and medical students in several European countries and Canada. Differences in personality profiles were analysed using multivariate analysis of variance and Canonical Linear Discriminant Analysis on age-standardised and sex-standardised z-scores of the personality traits. Single personality traits were analysed using robust t-tests.ParticipantsThe TIPI was completed by 2345 board-certified physicians, 1453 residents and 1350 medical students, who also provided demographic information.ResultsNormal population and board-certified physicians’ personality profiles differed (p
ISSN:2044-6055
2044-6055
DOI:10.1136/bmjopen-2017-021310