THE PSYCHOLOGICAL PROFILE OF THE MEDICAL STUDENT

摘要

Being a physician requires a serious amount of cognitive, and emotional effort. A common assumption found in many studies is that a student who is satisfied with his/her life evolution in general, should be more determined in choosing a career and in achieving academic performance, should lead a more complex social life and consequently should reach a higher level in his/her academic achievements. This thesis is to be regarded as a survey of a series of recent international research studies on the dominant treats of personality, based on the Big-Five model but not exclusively, as well as a presentation of a personality profile resulted from a quantity-quality descriptive study conducted on 254 medical students. The purpose of this thesis is to identify the personality profile directly connected with academic performance and indirectly connected with academic achievement in the educational environment of the Romanian higher education system.