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Comparison of personality styles between students enrolled in osteopathic medical, pharmacy, physical therapy, physician assistant, and occupational therapy programs

Journal: Journal of Osteopathic Medicine Date: 1998/11, 98(11):Pages: 637-641. doi: Subito , type of study: retrospective study

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Keywords:

career choice [40]
descriptive study [37]
medical students [402]
Myers-Briggs type indicator [1]
osteopathic medicine [1540]
personality [9]
retrospective study [213]

Abstract:

Research has demonstrated that students with specific personality styles tend to choose particular professions. Even within a discipline, differences in personality traits are evident. With differences in personality styles reported in other professions, the question arises, are there differneces in personality styles between the health professions? As such, this study was undertaken to determine if differences in personality style exist between pharmacy and other health profession students. Such information can help educators guide prospective students into compatible careers or to counsel students who are having a difficult time completing the curriculum. In addition, this information can help enlighten health profession student about the differences in personality and how these differences may manifest themselves in the workplace. The following null hypothesis was tested: There is no difference in personality traits between osteopathic, pharmacy, physical therapy, physician assistant, and occupational therapy students. The instrument used to survey the students was the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). The MBTI is a forced-choice, self-report personality inventory developed to measure variables in Carl Jung's theory of psychologic type. The MBTI consists of 126 questions, representing four underlying bipolar constructs: Extroversion-Introversion (E/I), Sensation-Intuition (S/N), Thinking-Feeling (T/F), and Judgment-Perception (J/P). The four constructs are combined into a profile of which 16 possibilites exist. The MBTIs completed by 1508 osteopathic, 654 pharmacy, 165 physical therapy, 211 physician assistant, and 70 occupational therapy students were used in the analyses. Chi-square analyses were conducted on the four bipolar constructs as well as the 16 profile types. Significant differences were found on the E/I, S/N and J/P dimensions, as well as the nine profile types. The results lend support to the idea that people choose professions partially based on personality traits.


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