title: Do the personalities of international and U.S. medical graduates in psychiatry differ? A preliminary study.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, the Chicago Medical School, North Chicago, IL, USA.
authors.forename: Nutan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Vaidya
authors.forename: Frederick S
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Sierles
authors.forename: Ioana C
authors.initials: IC
authors.lastname: Sandu
authors.forename: Edward K
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Silberman
mesh_terms: D002321:Career Choice; D005550:Foreign Medical Graduates; D006801:Humans; D010551:Personality; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000193:education*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States