Association between HEXACO personality traits and medical specialty preferences in Mexican medical students: a cross-sectional survey.

Francisco José Barbosa-CamachoRoberto Carlos Miranda-AckermanItzel Vázquez-ReynaVania Brickelia Jimenez-LeyFrancisco Javier Barrera-LópezVianca Seleste Contreras-CorderoVeronica Alexandra Sánchez-LópezTom Jilmer Castillo-ValverdeClaudina Del Carmen Lamas-AbbadieBrenda Alicia González-AdánAna Olivia Cortes-FloresGilberto Morgan-VillelaGuillermo Alonso Cervantes-CardonaGabino Cervantes-GuevaraClotilde Fuentes-OrozcoAlejandro Gonzalez-Ojeda

Published in: BMC psychology (2020)

Some classical stereotypes were confirmed by our results, such as surgical specialists tending to be more extroverted and organized, whereas clinical specialists were prone to being more introverted, anxious, and more emotionally attached to their patients.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
medical students
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
healthcare
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis