PMID- 19556387
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20100929
LR  - 20090626
IS  - 1945-1997 (Electronic)
IS  - 0098-6151 (Linking)
VI  - 109
IP  - 6
DP  - 2009 Jun
TI  - Personality types and performance on aptitude and achievement tests: implications 
      for osteopathic medical education.
PG  - 296-301
AB  - CONTEXT: Several studies have shown that the personality types of medical and 
      dental students affect performance on aptitude and achievement examinations. 
      However, such studies are lacking in osteopathic medical literature. OBJECTIVE: 
      To determine if personality type is associated with performance on aptitude and 
      achievement tests taken by osteopathic medical students. METHODS: The 
      Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) was used to determine the mental-function 
      pairs-sensing-thinking, intuition-thinking, sensing-feeling, or 
      intuition-feeling-of osteopathic medical students at Midwestern 
      University/Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine in Downers Grove, Ill. Results 
      were analyzed with participants' scores on the Medical College Admissions Test 
      and the Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Licensing Examination-USA (COMLEX-USA) 
      Level 1. RESULTS: A total of 295 osteopathic medical students completed the MBTI, 
      but 32 (11%) were excluded because they did not meet the study criteria. Among 
      the remaining 263 participants, no personality types were associated with high or 
      low scores on the Medical College Admissions Test (P=.229). However, participants 
      in the intuition-feeling group had statistically significant lower scores on 
      COMLEX-USA Level 1 (P=.002). CONCLUSION: The differences in scores obtained on 
      COMLEX-USA Level 1 were statistically significant when students were identified 
      by personality type. This finding suggests that using the MBTI during training 
      could enhance learning and improve academic performance in osteopathic medical 
      schools.
FAU - Sefcik, Donald J
AU  - Sefcik DJ
AD  - Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine, East Lansing, MI 
      48824-1316, USA. donald.sefcik@hc.msu.edu
FAU - Prerost, Frank J
AU  - Prerost FJ
FAU - Arbet, Scott E
AU  - Arbet SE
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - J Am Osteopath Assoc
JT  - The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association
JID - 7503065
SB  - IM
CIN - J Am Osteopath Assoc. 2009 Oct;109(10):524-5. PMID: 19861592
CIN - J Am Osteopath Assoc. 2009 Oct;109(10):525-6, 254; author reply 254. PMID: 
      19861593
MH  - *Aptitude Tests
MH  - College Admission Test
MH  - *Education, Medical, Undergraduate
MH  - Educational Measurement
MH  - Educational Status
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Osteopathic Medicine/*education
MH  - *Personality Tests
MH  - Psychometrics
MH  - *School Admission Criteria
MH  - *Students, Medical
EDAT- 2009/06/27 09:00
MHDA- 2010/09/30 06:00
CRDT- 2009/06/27 09:00
PHST- 2009/06/27 09:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2009/06/27 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2010/09/30 06:00 [medline]
AID - 109/6/296 [pii]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Am Osteopath Assoc. 2009 Jun;109(6):296-301.