Relationship between personality traits and the choice of medical specialization after medical school

Cilj ovog istraživanja bio je istražiti odnose između osobina ličnosti i izbora medicinske specijalizacije nakon završenog studija medicine kod studenata 6. (završne) godine medicinskog fakulteta u Hrvatskoj. U istraživanju je sudjelovalo 124 studenta završne godine medicinskog fakulteta u Zagrebu, Rijeci i Osijeku. HEXACO – 60 bio je upitnik kojim smo se koristili u ovom istraživanju. Rezultati istraživanja upućuju da na hrvatskom uzorku ne postoje velike i statistički značajne razlike u osobinama ličnosti ovisno o odabiru medicinske specijalizacije. Nismo pronašli razlike između studenata koji radije odabiru psihijatriju nego kirurgiju i studenata koji radije odabiru kirurgiju nego psihijatriju. Također, razlika između studenata koji bi radije odabrali internu medicinu nego kirurgiju i studenata koji bi radije odabrali kirurgiju nego internu medicinu nije pronađena. Utjecaj stupnja roditeljskog obrazovanja na preferenciju izbora kirurgije ili psihijatrije također nije pronađen kao ni utjecaj socioekonomskog statusa.The aim of this study was to investigate the relationships between personality traits and the choice of medical specialization after completing the study of medicine in students of the 6th (final) year of the Medical Faculty in Croatia. The study involved 124 final-year students at the Faculty of Medicine in Zagreb, Rijeka and Osijek. HEXACO – 60 was the questionnaire we used in this study. The results of the research suggest that in the Croatian sample there are no large and statistically significant differences in personality traits depending on the choice of medical specialization. We found no differences between students who prefer psychiatry rather than surgery and students who prefer surgery rather than psychiatry. Also, the difference between students who would rather choose internal medicine than surgery and students who would rather choose surgery than internal medicine was not found. The influence of the degree of parental education on the preference of the choice of surgery or psychiatry was also not found, nor was the influence of socioeconomic status