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Different but Similar: Personality Traits of Surgeons and Internists. Results of a Cross-Sectional Observational Study
Stienen, Martin N.; Scholtes, Felix; Samuel, Robin et al.
2018In BMJ Open, 8 (e02131)
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Keywords :
Five Factor Model; Personality Traits; Physician; Difference; Doctor; Surgeon; Internist
Abstract :
[en] Objectives: Medical practice may attract and possibly enhance distinct personality profiles. We set out to describe the personality profiles of surgical and medical specialties focusing on board-certified physicians. Design: Prospective, observational. Setting: Online survey containing the Ten-Item Personality Inventory (TIPI), an internationally validated measure of the Five Factor Model of personality dimensions, distributed to board-certified physicians, residents and medical students in several European countries and Canada. Differences in personality profiles were analyzed using MANOVA and Canonical Linear Discriminant Analysis on age- and sex-standardized z-scores of the personality traits. Single personality traits were analyzed using robust t-tests. Participants: The TIPI was completed by 2345 board-certified physicians, 1453 residents and 1350 medical students, who also provided demographic information. Interventions: None. Results: Normal population and board-certified physicians’ personality profiles differed (P<0.001). The latter scored higher on conscientiousness, extraversion, and agreeableness, but lower on neuroticism (all P<0.001). There was no difference in openness to experience. Board-certified surgical and medical doctors’ personality profiles were also different (P<0.001). Surgeons scored higher on extraversion (P=0.003) and openness to experience (P=0.002), but lower on neuroticism (P<0.001). There was no difference in agreeableness and conscientiousness. These differences in personality profiles were reproduced at other levels of training, i.e., in students and training physicians engaging in surgical versus medical practice. Conclusion: These results indicate the existence of a distinct and consistent average “physician personality”. Despite high variability within disciplines, there are moderate, but solid and reproducible differences between surgical and medical specialties.
Disciplines :
Human health sciences: Multidisciplinary, general & others
Author, co-author :
Stienen, Martin N.
Scholtes, Felix
Samuel, Robin  ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Integrative Research Unit: Social and Individual Development (INSIDE)
Weil, Alexander
Weyerbrock, Astrid
Surbeck, Werner
External co-authors :
yes
Language :
English
Title :
Different but Similar: Personality Traits of Surgeons and Internists. Results of a Cross-Sectional Observational Study
Publication date :
2018
Journal title :
BMJ Open
ISSN :
2044-6055
Publisher :
BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, London, United Kingdom
Volume :
8
Issue :
e02131
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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