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The relationship of achievement of psychiatrists to their personal adjustment as residents

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Two hundred one residents in psychiatric training were categorized as to good personal adjustment during residency, poor personal adjustment during residency, being dropped from training, high professional achievement after residency, and low professional achievement after residency.

The preadmission MMPI was a weak predictor of personal adjustment during residency when applied across all age groups, but the K scale, H y scale, P t scale and E s scale were able to discriminate between adjustment groups in applicants over age 30. Older age at the beginning of psychiatric training consistently and significantly was found more often among poor adjustment residents, dropped residents, and low-achieving residents.

Women showed a higher incidence of poor adjustment during residency than did men. Being a foreign resident did not influence personal adjustment during residency. Further, there is a clear positive correlation between good personal adjustment in residency and post-residency professional achievement. Finally, risk candidates and residents dropped from the program do show greater morbidity and failure to complete training than do residents in general; nonetheless, sufficient numbers become productive psychiatrists to warrant their consideration for training.

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota Medical School, 55455, Minneapolis, Minnesota

    Floyd K. Garetz M.D. (Associate Professor)

  2. Special Educational Programs, University of Minnesota, Minesota, Canada

    Diane Garetz B.A. (formerly instructor)

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Garetz, F.K., Garetz, D. The relationship of achievement of psychiatrists to their personal adjustment as residents. Psych Quar 48, 421–432 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01562164

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