MBTI Personality Test revisited for non-trads

[MsFutureDr]

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So i read through some old posts i found it very interesting the MBTI and Speciality discussion especially with the traditional pre-med students. I Google'd MBTI and Speciality and came across this article

http://prospectivedoctor.com/articl...-and-medical-specialty-what-is-the-connection

I thought it was quite interesting especially the specialty by temperament. I am an ENTJ. i took the Myers- Briggs test in grad school( the really long version!). I have a strong interest in Cardiology and Internal medicine=) I'm not sure how accurate this information is, but it's fun to read.

I'm curious if other non-traditional students took the real test ( not the online version)? If so what is your personality?
I'm also curious if the test is given in Medical schools as well? I remembered back in grad school we were assigned teams based on personality.

I've always thought they are far more introverts than extroverts in medical schools, I could be wrong. I know most online forums tend to have more participation from introverts than extroverts.

If you decide medicine is not for you well you can consider other career options based on your personality🙂
http://www.wsc.edu/advising_services/career_planning/exploration/personality_careers/

 

[mauberley]

We took it before starting--my class ended up being 2/3 extraverts, I think. Definitely the majority.

 

[NuttyEngDude]

I took this a little before the start of my post-bacc, I came up with variance between INFJ and INTJ

 

[Gauss44]

What does it mean if you feel that myer briggs doesn't give you a valid answer choice?

For instance, it asks, "Do you trust reason rather than feelings?" "Yes or no." What if it's 50/50 depending on the circumstances? Almost the entire test is like this...

Another one: "Do you believe the best decision is one that can easily be changed?" "Yes or no." Well, it depends... are we talking about the decision to save a life, accept admission to Harvard, or to go left or right down a blind fork in a lost road?

etc.

I really don't get it. Am I just dumb?

(Lol, I took it anyway. Apparently both Napoleon and Madonna share my personality type.)

 

[NuttyEngDude]

hey gauss44 I wouldnt sweat it. meyers-briggs has its flaws, one of them being consistency and while i find these types of tests to be "fun" and the whole extrovert/introvert thing to be a good classification, it doesnt necessarily mean that you are compelled to certain choices. the best way to make a decision is with some data and experience behind it, by shadowing or trying things out.

 

[sindadel]

I'm cusp on everything except for N. Just means that myers briggs doesn't categorize everyone well. I love interacting with people and yet I can stay happily in my house for days!

 

[Gauss44]

Where's emergency medicine on myer briggs?

Another gem from AAMC: https://www.aamc.org/download/62554/data/gmbti.pdf Some pages are great, some aren't. Page 20 is good. (use page down button)

Maybe an obvious example, yet it happens all the time: Extrovert says, "Why didn't you ask?" (...like us extroverts do.) Introvert says, "Why are you always asking?" (...instead of figuring it out on your own like us introverts do.) etc.

Even though I found the questions funky to say the least, there seems to be something to the end results.

 

[TriagePreMed]

I usually score INTJ or INTP. The J and P always end up pretty much even.

Introverted–Intuitive–Thinking–Judging (INTJ)
Psychiatry
Pathology
Neurology
Internal medicine
Anesthesiology

Introverted–Intuitive–Thinking–Perceptive (INTP)
Neurology
Pathology
Psychiatry
Cardiology
Thoracic surgery

This is too accurate for my liking. It's every specialty I would consider, except for pathology because I'm not too much into looking at tissue in a microscope. I would also not do thoracic surgery, but that's only because I feel I'm too old for doing the training.

 

[medic86]

It's funny. I read this thread title as MTBI.

I'm generally end up as an INTJ... except I am selectively extroverted.

 

[sgemmell]

It's interesting, but I wouldn't put too much weight in what it says. I always get an ENFP, with being very strongly extroverted (which everyone who knows me knows this is true), and the rest being much closer to 50/50. If I were to narrow myself to the specialties the article mentions, I would be miserable. I have a lot more interest in Ob/Gyn, Gen Surg and IM (but if I did IM, I'd want to do a fellowship in GI or Pulm/Critical Care). My least favorite specialties -- psych, derm and peds -- are all listed as things that people with ENFP, blah, I hate all of these specialties for myself.