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The Association Between Personality Traits and Specialty Preference Among Medical Students in Jordan

AIM: To assess the association between personality traits by the five-factor model and specialty choice preference among medical students and immediate medical graduates in Jordan and to identify if there were any significant differences in personality profiles between those planning to pursue diffe...

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Autores principales: Nawaiseh, Mohammed B, Haddadin, Rund R, Al Droubi, Belal, Nawaiseh, Hussam B, Alarood, Salameh, Aborajooh, Emad, Abufaraj, Mohammad, Abu-Yaghi, Nakhleh E
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7399462/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32801957
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/PRBM.S262062
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author Nawaiseh, Mohammed B
Haddadin, Rund R
Al Droubi, Belal
Nawaiseh, Hussam B
Alarood, Salameh
Aborajooh, Emad
Abufaraj, Mohammad
Abu-Yaghi, Nakhleh E
author_facet Nawaiseh, Mohammed B
Haddadin, Rund R
Al Droubi, Belal
Nawaiseh, Hussam B
Alarood, Salameh
Aborajooh, Emad
Abufaraj, Mohammad
Abu-Yaghi, Nakhleh E
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description AIM: To assess the association between personality traits by the five-factor model and specialty choice preference among medical students and immediate medical graduates in Jordan and to identify if there were any significant differences in personality profiles between those planning to pursue different career pathways. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study including fifth- and sixth-year medical students and post-graduate internship doctors at five universities in Jordan. An online survey was used to collect data from participants, which included their general characteristics, their personality profile using the Big Five Inventory–2, and questions about their most preferred specialty choice. RESULTS: One thousand and twelve participants were enrolled in this study. Only 4.9% were interested in pursuing a specialty in basic medical sciences, and about 12% wanted to be non-practicing medical doctors. Almost half of all participants wanted to pursue a career in surgery-oriented specialties. Those were more extraverted, more conscientious, and had less negative emotions than students who chose medicine-oriented specialties. Students who decided to pursue clinical specialties and students who wanted to be practicing doctors were more extraverted and more conscientious. CONCLUSION: Medical students and fresh medical graduates from Jordan who exhibited higher extraversion and conscientiousness and lower negative emotions preferred to be practicing clinicians. They were more inclined to pursue a career in surgery-oriented specialties. These findings might be helpful in understanding the preferences of young doctors and in counseling them about their career paths. Medical educators may wish to incorporate personality trait evaluation in planning post-graduate programs.
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spelling pubmed-73994622020-08-14 The Association Between Personality Traits and Specialty Preference Among Medical Students in Jordan Nawaiseh, Mohammed B Haddadin, Rund R Al Droubi, Belal Nawaiseh, Hussam B Alarood, Salameh Aborajooh, Emad Abufaraj, Mohammad Abu-Yaghi, Nakhleh E Psychol Res Behav Manag Original Research AIM: To assess the association between personality traits by the five-factor model and specialty choice preference among medical students and immediate medical graduates in Jordan and to identify if there were any significant differences in personality profiles between those planning to pursue different career pathways. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study including fifth- and sixth-year medical students and post-graduate internship doctors at five universities in Jordan. An online survey was used to collect data from participants, which included their general characteristics, their personality profile using the Big Five Inventory–2, and questions about their most preferred specialty choice. RESULTS: One thousand and twelve participants were enrolled in this study. Only 4.9% were interested in pursuing a specialty in basic medical sciences, and about 12% wanted to be non-practicing medical doctors. Almost half of all participants wanted to pursue a career in surgery-oriented specialties. Those were more extraverted, more conscientious, and had less negative emotions than students who chose medicine-oriented specialties. Students who decided to pursue clinical specialties and students who wanted to be practicing doctors were more extraverted and more conscientious. CONCLUSION: Medical students and fresh medical graduates from Jordan who exhibited higher extraversion and conscientiousness and lower negative emotions preferred to be practicing clinicians. They were more inclined to pursue a career in surgery-oriented specialties. These findings might be helpful in understanding the preferences of young doctors and in counseling them about their career paths. Medical educators may wish to incorporate personality trait evaluation in planning post-graduate programs. Dove 2020-07-24 /pmc/articles/PMC7399462/ /pubmed/32801957 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/PRBM.S262062 Text en © 2020 Nawaiseh et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited. The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. For permission for commercial use of this work, please see paragraphs 4.2 and 5 of our Terms (https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php).
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Nawaiseh, Mohammed B
Haddadin, Rund R
Al Droubi, Belal
Nawaiseh, Hussam B
Alarood, Salameh
Aborajooh, Emad
Abufaraj, Mohammad
Abu-Yaghi, Nakhleh E
The Association Between Personality Traits and Specialty Preference Among Medical Students in Jordan
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title_full The Association Between Personality Traits and Specialty Preference Among Medical Students in Jordan
title_fullStr The Association Between Personality Traits and Specialty Preference Among Medical Students in Jordan
title_full_unstemmed The Association Between Personality Traits and Specialty Preference Among Medical Students in Jordan
title_short The Association Between Personality Traits and Specialty Preference Among Medical Students in Jordan
title_sort association between personality traits and specialty preference among medical students in jordan
topic Original Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7399462/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32801957
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/PRBM.S262062
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