Al Sawafi Abdullah, Al Lawati Abdullah, Al Sinawi Hamed
Neurosurgery, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, OMN.
Medicine, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, OMN.
Cureus. 2024 Jan 10;16(1):e51994. doi: 10.7759/cureus.51994. eCollection 2024 Jan.
Background Personality plays a vital role in choosing a medical specialty. Despite this, research is scarce on this subject, especially in Oman. This study aimed to investigate the correlation between the personality traits of medical students at Sultan Qaboos University (SQU), Muscat, Oman, and the specialty they wished to undertake after graduation. Methods This was a cross-sectional study. Two hundred and thirty-four medical students completed the Big Five personality questionnaire and were asked what specialty they would like to choose. The specialties were divided into three namely, surgical-oriented, medicine-oriented, and basic medicine. An ANOVA test was used to find any statistically significant correlation between personality traits and the desired specialty. Results The students who chose surgery-oriented specialties had significantly higher scores in the extraversion and openness means (P<0.05) than the students who opted for medicine-oriented specialties and basic medicine. The students who chose basic medicine had significantly higher scores in the neuroticism means (P<0.05) than the other groups. Conclusion The students who chose surgery-oriented specialties were more likely to be highly extraverted and open, while the medical students who chose basic medicine were more likely to have higher neuroticism levels when compared with the other groups. This study indicates that there is a correlation between personality traits and desired specialty. Further studies should be done to investigate if these personality traits remained similar after graduation.
背景
个性在选择医学专业方面起着至关重要的作用。尽管如此,关于这一主题的研究却很匮乏,尤其是在阿曼。本研究旨在调查阿曼马斯喀特苏丹卡布斯大学(SQU)医学生的个性特质与他们毕业后希望从事的专业之间的相关性。
方法
这是一项横断面研究。234名医学生完成了大五人格问卷,并被问及他们想选择的专业。这些专业分为三类,即外科导向型、内科导向型和基础医学。采用方差分析测试来发现个性特质与期望专业之间是否存在任何统计学上的显著相关性。
结果
选择外科导向型专业的学生在外向性和开放性方面的得分显著高于选择内科导向型专业和基础医学的学生(P<0.05)。选择基础医学的学生在神经质方面的得分显著高于其他组(P<0.05)。
结论
与其他组相比,选择外科导向型专业的学生更有可能高度外向和开放,而选择基础医学的医学生更有可能具有较高的神经质水平。本研究表明个性特质与期望专业之间存在相关性。应进一步开展研究,以调查这些个性特质在毕业后是否仍然相似。