A Comparison of Osteopathic, Pharmacy, Physical Therapy, Physician Assistant and Occupational Therapy Students' Personality Styles: Implications for Education and Practice.

Autor/inn/en	Hardigan, Patrick C.; Cohen, Stanley R.
Titel	A Comparison of Osteopathic, Pharmacy, Physical Therapy, Physician Assistant and Occupational Therapy Students' Personality Styles: Implications for Education and Practice.
Quelle	(1998), (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Allied Health Personnel; Career Choice; Cognitive Style; College Instruction; Higher Education; Learning Strategies; Occupational Therapy; Osteopathy; Personality Traits; Pharmaceutical Education; Pharmacists; Pharmacy; Physical Therapy; Physicians Assistants; Professional Education; Therapists; Myers Briggs Type Indicator + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Cognitive styles; Kognitiver Stil; Hochschullehre; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Learning methode; Learning techniques; Lernmethode; Lernstrategie; Beschäftigungstherapie; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Apotheke; Physiotherapie; Berufsausbildung; Therapist; Therapeut
Abstract	This study compared personality traits of students in five health professions. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator was completed by 1,508 osteopathic students, 654 pharmacy students, 165 physical therapy students, 211 physician assistant students, and 70 occupational therapy students. Comparing the extrovert/introvert dimension revealed that pharmacy students were more likely to score as introverted whereas students enrolled in the four other health fields were more likely to score as extroverts. Pharmacy students were more inclined to use the sensing function, while a greater proportion of osteopathic students preferred the intuitive function. For the five health professions, there were no significant differences across the thinking/feeling dimension. On the judgment/perception construct, pharmacy students were likely to favor the perceiving function. The dominant profile for osteopathic and physician assistant students was ESTJ, meaning that they are practical, realistic, with a natural head for business or mechanics. The dominant profile for physical and occupational therapy students was ESFJ, meaning they are warm-hearted, talkative, and interested in things that affect peoples's lives. The dominant profile for pharmacy students was ISTJ, meaning they are serious, thorough, logical, and realistic. The results support the notion that people choose professions partially based on personality traits. (Contains 24 references). (SW)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC