Temperament Traits and Preference for Surgical or Nonsurgical Specialties in Year 6 Medical Students

Pawełczyk, Agnieszka; Kotlicka-Antczak, Magdalena; Chmielińska, Aleksandra; Pawełczyk, Tomasz; Rabe‐Jabłońska, Jolanta

doi:10.1080/10401334.2014.945026

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“…Multiple studies [1][2][3][4][5][6][7]9,41 have evaluated the factors that affect medical students' career choices, yet considerable debate continues on the best formula for choosing a surgical specialty. Passion, personality fit, quality of life, future income, program competitiveness, and mentorship all contribute to medical students' choices.…”

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<p>An Undergraduate Surgery Interest Group: Introducing Premedical Students to the Practice of Surgery</p>

Vakayil¹,

Chandrashekar²,

Hedberg³

et al. 2020

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Purpose: Early exposure and surgical mentorship can augment interest in surgery. We evaluate the effect and feasibility of offering education and mentorship opportunities in surgery to premedical students at our institution through an undergraduate surgery interest group (USIG). Materials and Methods: We conducted a 1-year assessment of our USIG and reviewed its organizational structure, funding resources, media promotion, and educational activities. Our USIG hosted introductory-level surgical skills workshops, guest lectures by surgeons, and various facility tours. To assess participants' interests, as well as the influences on them to pursue a surgical profession, we analyzed pre-and post-event questionnaires. Similar questionnaires were completed by medical students in our medical student surgery interest group to compare any differences in perception between premedical and medical students. Results: Our USIG currently has 378 undergraduate student members, with a higher proportion of women than in our medical student surgery interest group (P < 0.003). Neurosurgery was the most popular career choice among undergraduate participants. Participants reported the highest satisfaction with suturing and high-fidelity trauma surgery skills workshops. Undergraduate participants indicated that their intrinsic interest in the sciences is the highest motivation to pursue a surgical profession. Resident lifestyle and social obligations of a surgical career were actually positive influences for undergraduate participants; in contrast, medical students viewed those variables as negative factors. Conclusion: Our USIG was met with enthusiasm by premedical students and faculty alike. Participation strengthened premedical students' interest in pursuing surgery and increased their understanding of the surgical profession. Early mentorship may positively influence premedical students' perception of surgical careers. USIG is economically feasible and timeefficient; we encourage other academic institutions and educators to consider investing in similar interest groups.

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<p>An Undergraduate Surgery Interest Group: Introducing Premedical Students to the Practice of Surgery</p>

Vakayil¹,

Chandrashekar²,

Hedberg³

et al. 2020

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“…16 Twenty-two articles (31%) used personality frameworks other than the primary four identified. Examples of these other frameworks included: resilience and burnout surveys, 41,42 measures of empathy, 43,44 temperament and character surveys, [45][46][47] and several different international assessment tools. Most of the studies were descriptive or assessed non-cognitive outcomes, such as characteristics of medical specialties, 48 age and gender of nursing students, 49 and changes in personality traits before and after an occupational therapy program.…”

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Use of Personality Frameworks in Health Science Education

Childs‐Kean

Edwards

Smith

2020

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

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Objectives. To review the use of personality frameworks by educators as a tool to increase selfawareness in health professions students. Findings. After screening titles, abstracts, and/or the full text of the 415 articles identified in an initial search, 71 articles involving personality frameworks were included in the study. Several different personality frameworks, including the Five-Factor Model, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, the Rational Experiential Inventory, and the CliftonStrengths assessment, were used in various health science education disciplines, including medicine, nursing, and pharmacy. Most publications were descriptive in nature and only reported on the personality attributes of the given research cohort. Some studies correlated personality framework results with either learning or non-cognitive outcomes. Very few studies described using personality frameworks as a tool for self-awareness and growth. Summary. While some personality frameworks have been used in health science education for multiple purposes, there is currently a lack of published evidence documenting the use of these frameworks for self-awareness in students.

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“…These can be based on the individual characteristics of the medical student or doctor, the features of the specialty training process or the type of lifestyle and work connected with a certain medical specialty. The most commonly addressed personal characteristics include demographics [9][10][11][12][13][14], personality [9,[15][16][17], skills, values, aspirations [12,[18][19][20][21], academic and career opportunities [22] and expectations of family members [23][24][25][26]. As far as the training process itself is concerned, technological challenges, examples of physicians with the background, the possibility to obtain a residency position, the length of residency required, working hours and lifestyle during training all influence the decision to commence training [22,[27][28][29][30][31][32] as well as work-related hazards, such as infections from AIDS or hepatitis patients [33][34][35] and independent work [12,32].…”

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Priorities, factors and alternatives involved in the choice of medical specialty – an empirical study on year sixth medical students

Pawełczyk

Adamus

Radek

et al. 2019

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Phenomenon. The process of career decision making by medical students has been the subject of many studies analyzing the choice. However, the studies have not analyzed determination of global priorities for the criteria of choice or alternatives regarding the choice of medical specialty. The goal of this paper is to determine the weights (priorities), factors and alternatives involved in the choice of specialty for year six medical students. Approach. A sample of 202 final-year medical students at the Medical University was examined using Saaty's Analytic Hierarchy Process. During interviews, the students used the Saaty's scale to pair various factors influencing their choice of medical specialty. Analysis was performed to evaluate the crucial decisive criteria and various decisive models. Findings. When choosing the medical specialty, the highest rank was given to "individual physician's aptitude and expected professional attainment" (P = 0.4748), followed by "the features of the medical specialty" (P = 0.3636) and "the process of training for the specialty" (P = 0.1616). The most important sub-criteria were "intellectual qualities and competencies useful in practicing the specialty", "place of work" and "opportunity to create one's own medical practice". A model of specialty choice was obtained. The most important criteria of choice were "opportunities for professional career in healthcare entities", "place of work", "opportunity to create one's own medical practice" and "expected income". Insights. Understanding the factors influencing choice of specialty enables workforce planning to meet local and national healthcare needs. It also helps optimize the profile of medical education courses offered by medical universities. The results obtained, although limited in their generalisability, may support organizing specific curricula and strategies to encourage the choice of specialties in short supply.

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Temperament Traits and Preference for Surgical or Nonsurgical Specialties in Year 6 Medical Students

Cited by 5 publications

References 21 publications

<p>An Undergraduate Surgery Interest Group: Introducing Premedical Students to the Practice of Surgery</p>

<p>An Undergraduate Surgery Interest Group: Introducing Premedical Students to the Practice of Surgery</p>

Use of Personality Frameworks in Health Science Education

Priorities, factors and alternatives involved in the choice of medical specialty – an empirical study on year sixth medical students

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