Specialty choice, stress and personality: their relationships over time

被引:19
作者
Firth-Cozens, J [1 ]
Lema, VC
Firth, RA
机构
[1] Northumbria Univ, Ctr Clin Psychol & Hlth Care Res, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE7 7XA, Tyne & Wear, England
[2] Univ Santiago de Compostela, Dept Psychol, Galicia, Spain
[3] Univ Leeds, Dept Psychol, Leeds LS2 9JT, W Yorkshire, England
来源
HOSPITAL MEDICINE | 1999年 / 60卷 / 10期
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D O I
10.12968/hosp.1999.60.10.1222
中图分类号
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
A longitudinal questionnaire study of 314 medical students followed up as preregistration house officers (PRHOs) and again 7 years later showed laboratory-based doctors were the least happy with their choice of career and were the most stressed now, while surgeons were the most happy with their choice and the least stressed. These differences were apparent 10 years earlier The study also describes perceived influences on specialty choice and explores how earlier factors, such as personality as students and stress in the PRHO year, may also have influenced specialty choice.
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页码:751 / 755
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