Open AccessPsychologic Testing as an Aid to Selection of Residents in Anesthesiology
Author(s) -
John S. McDonald,
Ravi Lingam,
B. K. Gupta,
Jay Jacoby,
Harrison G. Gough,
Pamela Bradley
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
anesthesia and analgesia/anesthesia and analgesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.404
H-Index - 201
eISSN - 1526-7598
pISSN - 0003-2999
DOI - 10.1213/00000539-199403000-00022
Subject(s) - medicine , anesthesiology , selection (genetic algorithm) , medical physics , medical education , family medicine , anesthesia , machine learning , computer science
There are no precise psychologic criteria for the selection of residents in anesthesiology. We attempted to provide an objective guide by comparing clinical performance with psychologic tests which we administered to 95 beginning residents in six training programs. The performance of the residents was evaluated by faculty members at the end of the first and second years. We found that high-performance residents scored better than low-performance residents in the categories of Dominance, Independence, Empathy, Responsibility, Socialization, Achievement Motivation, and Well-Being. Prediction of high performance can also be based on Alpha personalities, who typically are independent, reliable, and self-disciplined. The California Psychological Inventory (CPI) is valuable in selecting people with these characteristics.