Relationship between personality traits and choosing a medical specialty》.pdf

+ MODEL Journal of the Formosan Medical Association (2014) xx, 1e6 Available online at ScienceDirect journal homepage: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Relationship between personality traits and choosing a medical specialty Ji-Tseng Fang a,b,*, Shu-Chung Lii c a School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan b Department of Nephrology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Lin-Kou Medical Center, Taiwan c Department of Medical Humanities and Social Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan Received 28 August 2013; received in revised form 12 April 2014; accepted 1 May 2014 KEYWORDS Background/Purpose: The recent imbalance in the labor market structure of medical special- medical specialties; ists can cause problems in access to care, and result in lower quality and increased costs of medical students; medical care. The labor market structure of medical specialists requires discussion in relation personality traits to specialty selection and personality traits. This study examined the relationship between personality traits and specialist selection among medical students. Methods: This study used the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule and a customized ques- tionnaire. The participants were 358 medical students of the College of Medicine at Chang Gung University. Results: Medical students scored the highest in Intraception and the lowest in Deference. Women scored s