The personal interview: Assessing the potential for personality similarity to bias the selection of orthopaedic residents

Academic Medicine

Volumn 84, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1364-1372

  Quintero, Andres J ^a   Segal, Lee S ^b   King, Tonya S ^c   Black, Kevin P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PHOENIX CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; INTERVIEW; JOB PERFORMANCE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PERSONALITY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SCIENTIST; TEMPERAMENT; THINKING;

ADULT; FACULTY, MEDICAL; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; ORTHOPEDICS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PREJUDICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 70349864965     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181b6a9af     Document Type: Article

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