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Patient-oriented personality traits of first-year pharmacy students
Maria Cordina1, Mary-Anne Lauri, Josef Lauri
1Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Malta, Msida, Malta. maria.cordina@um.edu.mt
Objective:
To determine, using the Gordon Personal Profile-Inventory (GPP-I), if the personality traits of first-year pharmacy students match the traits required for patient-centered practice.
Methods:
The GPP-I, which measures the personality traits of ascendency, responsibility, emotional stability, sociability, cautiousness, original thinking, personal relations, and vigor, was administered to incoming pharmacy students at the beginning of their first semester.
Results:
The pharmacy school had attracted students with strong traits of original thinking, followed by personal relations, and vigor. The students, however, were limited in emotional stability and ascendency.
Conclusion:
The pharmacy profession needs to be more proactive in projecting the desired image and communicate its increasingly challenging and patient-oriented practice to attract individuals whose personalities are conducive to current practice models.
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