Rodriguez Kristan D, Bartoloni Joseph A, Hendricson William D
Dr. Rodriguez was a Class of 2017 dental student, School of Dentistry, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio at the time of this study; Dr. Bartoloni is Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Comprehensive Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio; and Mr. Hendricson is Assistant Dean for Education and Faculty Development, School of Dentistry, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.
J Dent Educ. 2017 Dec;81(12):1436-1443. doi: 10.21815/JDE.017.104.
The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between personality preferences of incoming fourth-year dental students at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio as measured by the Keirsey Temperament Sorter II and their third-year clinical productivity and percentage of broken appointments. All 105 incoming fourth-year dental students in 2016 were invited to participate in the study, and 92 students completed the temperament questionnaire, for a response rate of 87.5%. Those students' clinical activity during their third year was measured by production points and percentage of broken appointments extracted from the electronic health record. The results showed that the majority of the respondents were extroverts rather than introverts and that the extroverts had significantly higher production points and significantly fewer broken appointments than the introverts. The most common personality preferences were sensing and judging. More than two-thirds of the respondents represented the Guardian temperament, one of four categories on the temperament measure. These findings help highlight the traits that may contribute to success in clinical training during dental school and support the notion that clinical success may be influenced by certain personality characteristics as well as the technical and specialized skills of dentistry.
本研究的目的是评估通过凯尔西气质分类量表II测得的圣安东尼奥德克萨斯大学健康科学中心即将入学的四年级牙科学生的性格偏好与他们三年级时的临床工作效率及失约率之间的关系。2016年所有105名即将入学的四年级牙科学生均受邀参与该研究，92名学生完成了气质问卷，回复率为87.5%。这些学生三年级时的临床活动通过从电子健康记录中提取的生产点数和失约率来衡量。结果显示，大多数受访者为外向型而非内向型，且外向型学生的生产点数显著更高，失约次数显著少于内向型学生。最常见的性格偏好是感觉和判断。超过三分之二的受访者属于守护者气质，这是气质测量中的四类之一。这些发现有助于突出可能有助于牙科学校临床培训取得成功的特质，并支持临床成功可能受某些性格特征以及牙科技术和专业技能影响的观点。
