• Donna Phillips, Kenneth A Egol, Martine C Maculatis, Kathryn S Roloff, Alan M Friedman, Brett Levine, Steven Garfin, Alexandra Schwartz, Robert Sterling, Thomas Kuivila, Steve J Paragioudakis, and Joseph D Zuckerman.
• Department of Orthopedic Surgery, NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York, New York. Electronic address: donna.phillips@nyumc.org.
• J Surg Educ. 2018 Jan 1; 75 (1): 122-131.

ObjectivesTo understand the personality factors associated with orthopedic surgery resident performance.DesignA prospective, cross-sectional survey of orthopedic surgery faculty that assessed their perceptions of the personality traits most highly associated with resident performance. Residents also completed a survey to determine their specific personality characteristics. A subset of faculty members rated the performance of those residents within their respective program on 5 dimensions. Multiple regression models tested the relationship between the set of resident personality measures and each aspect of performance; relative weights analyses were then performed to quantify the contribution of the individual personality measures to the total variance explained in each performance domain. Independent samples t-tests were conducted to examine differences between the personality characteristics of residents and those faculty identified as relevant to successful resident performance.SettingData were collected from 12 orthopedic surgery residency programs1 throughout the United States. The level of clinical care provided by participating institutions varied.ParticipantsData from 175 faculty members and 266 residents across 12 programs were analyzed.ResultsThe personality features of residents were related to faculty evaluations of resident performance (for all, p < 0.01); the full set of personality measures accounted for 4%-11% of the variance in ratings of resident performance. Particularly, the characteristics of agreeableness, neuroticism, and learning approach were found to be most important for explaining resident performance. Additionally, there were significant differences between the personality features that faculty members identified as important for resident performance and the personality features that residents possessed.ConclusionPersonality assessments can predict orthopedic surgery resident performance. However, results suggest the traits that faculty members value or reward among residents could be different from the traits associated with improved resident performance.Copyright © 2018 Association of Program Directors in Surgery. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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