The personality profile of one thousand forty-one Visayan medical college students particularly of the medical colleges of Southwestern University and Cebu Institute of Medicine, in the school year 1968-69

This study seeks to answer the following questions : 1. What are the characteristic traits of the medical students of the Cebu Institute of Medicine and the Southwestern University? 2. Which desirable traits do these students possess that may prove influential to their success and failure? 3. How creative are these students? 4. What is their mental health score? 5. What is their leadership score? 6. What is their level of anxiety? 7. How do they compare with other occupational groups with regards to their personality patterns? and 8. How can the personality development of these medical students be integrated in the medical college curriculum? The 16 Personality Factor Questionnaire constructed by Raymond B. Cattell was administered to 1,041 medical students of the Cebu Institute of Medicine and the Southwestern University. Personality profiles derived from the scores of the medical group for the composite group and also for each of the five curricular year groups were obtained. The group\u27s ratings were compared with the average of the American college students, the normative population used in this study. The 16 Personality Factor Questionnaire and its Handbook, the Institute of Personality and Ability Testing (IPAT) Information Bulletins, Scientific Analysis of Personality, and Personality were the basic sources of information used in this study. Findings of the study showed that the typical personality traits of the medical students were moderate sociability conscientious, persevering, and sober tendencies slightly lower-than-average verbal intellectual ability and slightly less emotional stability. Also, the students tended to be moderate in dominance and self-assertiveness, autonomy, self-sufficiency, toughminded realism, and degree of conservatism relating to religious, political and other issues. They tended to be above-normally suspicious of people less adaptable in interpersonal relations have above-average tendency to self-blame and guilt-proneness, revealing a poor self-regard and lack of self-confidence and a normal degree of excitability and tension. No significant differences were noted in the personality characteristics of the five curricular groups. The group\u27s characteristic traits which could influence their success in medical school and practice were conscientiousness and perseverance, high degree of self-control and discipline, good sense of responsibility, liking to be around people, and steady, dependable, objective, and professionalized service. The group\u27s creative ability was highly satisfactory, their mental health was less satisfactory, and their leadership ability was minimal. There were positive correlations between the personality profile of the medical students and four other occupational groups. No significant difference was found to between the personality of the medical students and the typical American college student except in surgency