personality types and specialities

[bobmarley77]

Does anyone know of any websites, etc that list a specialty and the personality type best suited to it?

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[bobmarley77]

whoops...maybe I should have posted this in the lounge!

 

[Wahoo07]

<a href="http://www.studentdoctor.net/guide/medstudent/specialties/index.html" target="_blank">Big Guide to Medical School - Specialties Page</a>

 

[trouta]

Dont know about lists like that, but there are quizzes that supposedly asess your personality and then compare it to people in various specialties.

Dont remember where they are right off the top of my head, but they have been posted on this site before.

 

[brontehardyeliot]

Here's a quiz that matches you with a specialty. I'm pretty sure it's been on SDN before:

<a href="http://www.med-ed.virginia.edu/specialties/" target="_blank">http://www.med-ed.virginia.edu/specialties/</a>

 

[Wahoo07]

Wow that quiz is really neat! For me it was right on the money. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="eek.gif" />

 

[lola]

it was not on the money for me... it gave me things like anesthesiology, ophthalmology, and dermatology -- BORING (to me anyway). at least obgyn & peds were 6 & 7.

 

[Caffeinated]

I just took that test. Was it me, or did they keep repeating some of the questions?

I am not sure how much value I would place in the results, but it sure is interesting, and I had a good time taking it.

It's funny that opthalmology and nuclear medicine tied for 3rd place on my results. Is it a coincidence that I studied physics in undergrad and went on to optometry school? Hmmmm....

 

[spacecadet]

I already tried to post this once, but it didn't work. I'll try again...

If you're interested in specialty by Myers-Briggs personality type, try <a href="http://www.gesher.org/Myers-Briggs/MBTI%20Chart%20and%20specialty.html" target="_blank">this chart</a>.

 

[lola]

they TOTALLY kept repeating questions. did they want to see if we answered questions consistently or what? anyway, i think mine came out the way they did b/c i said i wanted a regular schedule with not too many hours. i do, but i would rather do something i'm interested in & work long hours than do something i'm not interested in & have a nice schedule.

 

[dlc]

Right on the button...plastic surgery!
Dana

 

[jintonic5]

well... mine was right on the money and way off at the same time. my top choices are psychiatry, peds, ob/gyn, and surgery. the first two were my #1 and #2 on the list, then ob/gyn was around 10, but all the surgery specialties were at the waay bottom. But in terms of my own personality, i guess it does make sense

 

[Wednesday]

Sort of off the topic, but when I saw the tread this is what I thought of:

A couple of years ago there was this "what type of dog are you" personality test circulating among my friends. My friend in med school was rotating through surgery at the time and showed it to some of the residents. In a few hours all the surgery residents had taken the test (it's online) and they were ALL pugs and chihuahuas. Hmmmmmm.

 

[lola]

i'm a cocker spaniel

 

[Julie Bolding]

Hey Marley,

Try this article: <a href="http://www.ttuhsc.edu/success/Who%20does%20what.htm" target="_blank">http://www.ttuhsc.edu/success/Who%20does%20what.htm</a>

Also see this topic at <a href="http://www.premedpathfinder.homestead.com" target="_blank">www.premedpathfinder.homestead.com</a>

There's quite a few medical journal articles on Myers-Brigg type and specialty choice. Try PubMed as well.

Julie B.

 

[swim_chicka]

well....mine was close... ob/gyn was 1, ortho 6, but peds was 20. oh well...I'm sure taking it in the middle of the night had some effect.

 

[Sweet Tea]

geez-- i've always said that i DON"T want to be a surgeon, and there it was-- general surgery #1.

ob/gyn, family med, and oncology were all top 10, so that's good.

don't quite know what that general surgery thing was doing up there.

 

[Espion]

•••quote:•••Originally posted by Julie Bolding:
•Hey Marley,

Try this article: <a href="http://www.ttuhsc.edu/success/Who%20does%20what.htm" target="_blank">http://www.ttuhsc.edu/success/Who%20does%20what.htm</a>
•••••At Tech, they actually give us a copy of Dr. Pelley's book to work through before orientation. I understand that he also goes around the country presenting his studies on personality typing as related to learning styles.

Its supposed to help you find out what mental processes are predominant in your learning style, then learning to focus on the underdeveloped ones. He included a couple of pages for what types of specialties *may* be right for your personality type, but the focus is in helping you adapt yourself to developing the right skills for being successful at handling the deluge of information in med school.

And even without the personality test, much of the study skills are invaluable in developing integrative thinking (as opposed to rote memorization of facts...which will only get you so far).

 

[Espion]

In reference to my post above: <a href="http://www.ttuhsc.edu/success" target="_blank">http://www.ttuhsc.edu/success</a>

 

[srmonkey]

Immunology at 2, hematology at 3, and med oncology at 4. Since I'm doing research on leukemia, I'm impressed.

 

[silvercholla]

Pediatrics 1
Med Onco 2
Emer Med 3
OB/GYN 3

One and threes were on but number two I don't get. Maybe it has something to do with a temp assignment I had in Ambulatory Chemo? I don't know. Well I liked it anyway. TTFN

I guess if you take it over just before you have to match it might be different and slightly helpful, hey you never know

 

[Pinki]

1. OB/GYN
2. Colon & Rectal Surgery

either way...looks like I'll best suited dealing with orifices!

 

[Wahoo07]

•••quote:•••Originally posted by Posey:
•either way...looks like I'll best suited dealing with orifices!•••••Hehe. <img border="0" alt="[Laughy]" title="" src="graemlins/laughy.gif" />

1. Radiology
2. Pathology

Apparently I'm good at looking at stuff.

 

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