Do the personalities of international and U.S. medical graduates in psychiatry differ? A preliminary study.
OBJECTIVE
To compare personality traits of psychiatry residents with various characteristics.


METHODS
The authors administered Cloninger's personality inventory to residents at two schools.


RESULTS
There were no trait differences between international medical graduates (IMGs) and U.S. medical graduates (USMGs) or those for whom psychiatry was a first or second choice.


CONCLUSIONS
Perceived differences between IMG and USMG psychiatry residents appear unrelated to personality.
Vaidya
Nutan
N
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, the Chicago Medical School, North Chicago, IL, USA.
Sierles
Frederick S
FS
Sandu
Ioana C
IC
Silberman
Edward K
EK
D002321:Career Choice; D005550:Foreign Medical Graduates; D006801:Humans; D010551:Personality; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000193:education*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States