Harris D L, Ebbert P
Fam Med. 1985 Jan-Feb;17(1):8-10.
This study was initiated to test the hypothesis that individuals currently choosing family practice as a career are likely to have different personality types than those who previously pursued general practice. Incoming residents to the University of Utah Family Practice Residency Program were compared to a group of private primary care physicians serving rural areas. Personality types were determined by administering the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator to both groups. Results showed that the current resident group differed significantly from the primary care physician group and that the residents' personality types were similar to personality types of faculty in other studies. This raises the concern that many family practice residents may not choose to practice in underserved areas. Further studies need to follow personality types through medical school and residency training and into practice to help determine which prospective physicians are likely to choose a primary care career and a rural practice. This information may be useful in health manpower planning and in examining admissions policies of medical schools and residencies.
开展这项研究是为了验证一个假设,即当前选择家庭医疗作为职业的人与之前从事全科医疗的人可能具有不同的性格类型。将犹他大学家庭医疗住院医师项目的新住院医师与一组服务于农村地区的私人初级保健医生进行了比较。通过对两组人员进行迈尔斯-布里格斯性格分类指标测试来确定性格类型。结果显示,当前的住院医师组与初级保健医生组存在显著差异,并且住院医师的性格类型与其他研究中教员的性格类型相似。这引发了人们的担忧,即许多家庭医疗住院医师可能不会选择在服务欠缺地区执业。需要进一步跟踪医学生、住院医师培训人员以及执业医生的性格类型,以帮助确定哪些未来的医生可能会选择初级保健职业和农村医疗工作。这些信息可能对卫生人力规划以及审查医学院校和住院医师培训项目的招生政策有用。