Jafrani Sana, Zehra Nosheen, Zehra Muneeza, Abuzar Ali Syed Muhmmad, Abubakar Mohsin Saiyed Abdullah, Azhar Rasheed
Department of Health Management, Institute of Business Management, Karachi.
Department of Community Health Sciences, Karachi.
J Pak Med Assoc. 2017 Apr;67(4):520-526.
To assess personality type of medical students and associate it with their choice of medical specialty.
This cross-sectional study was conducted in February 2014 at one public and one private medical university of Karachi, and comprised medical students. A self- administered questionnaire based on Myers-Briggs type indicator was used to collect data which was analysed using SPSS 20.
Of the 400 participants, there were 200(50%) each from public and private universities. Of all, 201(50.3%) students were found to be extroverted and 199(49.8%) were introverted personality types. Clinical fields were the main preference of students after their medical degree as selected by 317(79.2%) students; of the, Extroverted-Sensing-Feeling-Perceptive was the most common type identified in39(7.2%) students. Extroverted-Sensing-Feeling-Perceptive 11(2.8%), Extroverted-Sensing-Thinking-Judging 12(3%), Extroverted-Sensing-Feeling-Judging 5(1.3%), Introverted-Sensing-Feeling-Judging 6(1.5%), Introverted-Sensing-Thinking-Perceptive 7(1.8%) had preference for surgery, medicine, gynaecology, paediatrics and cardiology, respectively.
Personality had significant impact on specialty and career choice.
评估医学生的性格类型，并将其与他们对医学专业的选择联系起来。
这项横断面研究于2014年2月在卡拉奇的一所公立和一所私立医科大学进行，研究对象为医学生。使用一份基于迈尔斯-布里格斯类型指标的自填式问卷收集数据，并使用SPSS 20进行分析。
在400名参与者中，公立和私立大学各有200名（50%）。总体而言，201名（50.3%）学生被发现性格外向，199名（49.8%）为内向性格类型。医学学位毕业后，临床领域是学生们的主要选择，317名（79.2%）学生选择了该领域；其中，外向-感觉-情感-感知型是在39名（7.2%）学生中最常见的类型。外向-感觉-情感-感知型11名（2.8%）、外向-感觉-思维-判断型12名（3%）、外向-感觉-情感-判断型5名（1.3%）、内向-感觉-情感-判断型6名（1.5%）、内向-感觉-思维-感知型7名（1.8%）分别对外科、内科、妇科、儿科和心脏病学有偏好。
性格对专业和职业选择有重大影响。
