Hojat M, Brigham T P, Gottheil E, Xu G, Glaser K, Veloski J J
Center for Research in Medical Education and Health Care, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA 19107-5083, USA.
Psychol Rep. 1998 Aug;83(1):243-8. doi: 10.2466/pr0.1998.83.1.243.
A longitudinal study of 391 physicians tested two hypotheses regarding personal values and career choices: that higher preference for social values would be associated with physicians' being more interested in "people-oriented" rather than "technology-oriented" specialties and that higher preference for economic values would be associated with expectations of high income. The physicians (344 men, 47 women) were graduates of Jefferson Medical College in 1974 and 1975 who completed the Allport-Vernon-Lindzey Study of Values during medical school. Analysis showed that physicians currently in the "people-oriented" specialties scored significantly higher on the Social Value scale than their peers in "technology-oriented" specialties. A moderate but statistically significant correlation was found between scores on the Economic Value scale and expectations of higher income. The findings suggest that physicians' personal values are relevant to their career decisions such as specialty choice and expectations of income. The findings have implications with regard to two major issues in the evolving health care system, namely, the distribution of physicians by specialty and cost containment.
一项针对391名医生的纵向研究检验了两个关于个人价值观与职业选择的假设：对社会价值观的较高偏好会与医生对“以人为本”而非“以技术为导向”的专业更感兴趣相关，以及对经济价值观的较高偏好会与高收入期望相关。这些医生（344名男性，47名女性）是1974年和1975年毕业于杰斐逊医学院的学生，他们在医学院期间完成了《奥尔波特 - 弗农 - 林德赛价值观研究》。分析表明，目前从事“以人为本”专业的医生在社会价值观量表上的得分显著高于其从事“以技术为导向”专业的同行。在经济价值观量表得分与高收入期望之间发现了适度但具有统计学意义的相关性。研究结果表明，医生的个人价值观与其职业决策相关，如专业选择和收入期望。这些发现对不断发展的医疗保健系统中的两个主要问题具有启示意义，即按专业划分医生的分布和成本控制。
