Review Article: Myers-Briggs Type Indicator^® in Medical Education

Ramachandran V et al., Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® in medical education: A narrative review and analysis, Health Professions Education, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hpe.2019.03.002

The medical field has a long history of using the MBTI instrument in education, specialty training, selection, and evaluation. This article provides a comprehensive review and analysis of the MBTI^® assessment across its varied contributions to medical education from a Pub-Med search (1975-2018) producing a final review of 40 articles.

The authors found inconsistent results in studies that investigated the assessment's role in students' choice of medical specialties and a broader engagement in the applied use of MBTI assessments for medical education.

The MBTI assessment has been used to investigate improvements in communication skills, identify individuals who may be at risk for burnout, or to assist in providing greater awareness of inherent bias. This span of applied studies led the authors to consider the MBTI instrument a potentially powerful tool for medical education more than for specialty selection. Of note, the authors suggest that the MBTI assessment can attenuate biases in medical school interview processes, increase psychological diversity, and enhance problem- and team-based learning.

ARTICLE PERMALINK: https://www.myersbriggs.org/research-and-library/journal-psychological-type/review-article-mbti-in-medical-education/

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