의예과 학생들의 성격유형검사(MBTI)의 특성

The Characteristics of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator in Premedical Students

Purpose: To investigate the characteristics of Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) in premedical students o f one medical college and to compare the personality profiles of them with those of other studies which involved the Korean university students and other country population. Materials and Methods: The MBTI was used to measure the personality profiles of premedical students at the Center for Teaching & Learning of Chosun University. One hundred and twenty five premedical students participated in this study and the MBTI profiles of them were compared to those of Korean university students (1,441 persons), i.e. their potential patients and those of the United Kingdom (UK) population (1,634 persons) and a sample of UK doctors (313 persons) o f one medical college involved in other studies. Results: The premedical students had a preference for Introversion (62%) rather than Extraversion (38%), Sensing (70%) rather than Intuition (30%), Thinking (66%) rather than Feeling (34%), and Judging (57%) rather than Perceiving (43%). There were more Thinking (66% vs 57%, p=0.071) in the premedical students than in Korean university students with borderline significance. There were significantly more Thinking (66% vs 46%, p=0.000) and more Introversion (62% vs 48%, p=0.002) than in UK adult population. Also there were significantly more Sensing (62% vs 48%, p=0.002), significantly less Judging (57% vs 68%, p=0.034)，and more Introversion (62% vs 53%, p=0.094) with borderline significance than in UK doctors. But no difference was shown in Thinking between the premedical students and UK doctors. Conclusion: The personality profiles o f the premedical students in this study differed in Thinking with borderline significance from Korean university students and significantly differed from the UK adult population in Thinking and Introversion showing the cultural difference. No difference of Thinking between the premedical students and UK doctors despite of cultural difference suggests the correlation between the Thinking and medical professional choice.