title: A hypothesis on the most prevalent psychological type for chief residents in the field of internal medicine.
abstract: Communication is the key to good doctor-patient relations. Resident learning occurs through the process of observation and role modeling. We hypothesize that the most prevalent personality type for chief residents will be in discordance with the most prevalent type (Sensor) in the general population. We set out to determine the communication styles of a national sampling of recent chief residents in the field of medicine. The survey based on Jung's Psychological types: thinker, feeler, the intuitor and sensor. Overall self report of psychological types revealed the majority, both male and female (45.6%) to be in the 'feeler' category. Feelers are described as persons with a high need for interpersonal harmony. They value compassion and empathy and enjoy meeting other people's needs.
authors.affiliation: Northport Veteran Affairs Medical Center, State University of NY at Stony Brook, Department of Medicine, USA. elaine.hearney@med.va.gov
authors.forename: Elaine G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Hearney
authors.forename: Hossein
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Razavi
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007388:Internal Medicine / Q000193:education*; D007396:Internship and Residency; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010551:Personality; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D014481:United States