[目的]探讨在校医学生的个性特征对就业时临床专业方向选择的影响。[方法]采用现况研究设计,从某医学院不同院系中随机抽取2100名学生,以艾森克人格问卷测试其个性特征,让其选择出最想从事的专业,并获得其人口学资料,分析专业选择与个性特征的关系。[结果]内科、外科、妇产科、儿科、辅助诊断类(影像学专业、病理科、检验科)这五种专业,其E量表(内、外向性)得分的均分差异有统计学意义(11.34±3.70,12.31±3.41,12.26±3.56,11.88±3.34,10.93±3.33,F=4.77,P<0.05),对这五种专业的E量表得分进行两两比较,有差异的两专业及其得分对比情况为内科<外科、内科<妇产科、辅助诊断<外科、辅助诊断<妇产科、辅助诊断<儿科,并可得到辅助诊断<内科<儿科<妇产科<外科。男、女间E量表均分差异有统计学意义(12.30±3.63,11.56±3.39,F=6.67,P<0.05)、P量表(精神质)均分差异亦有统计学意义(6.79±3.56,4.95±2.79,F=67.20,P<0.05)。[结论]根据在校医学生的个性特征可以预测其将来就业时的专业选择,学校和医院根据医学生的个性特征加强就业指导,可以缓解医学生的就业压力。 [Objective] To explore the influence of personality characteristics of medical students in school on the choice of clinical major in employment. [Methods] Based on the current study design, 2,100 students were randomly selected from different faculties of a medical school to test their personality characteristics with the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire, to select the most wanted major and obtain the demographic data , Analyze the relationship between professional choice and personality characteristics. [Results] There were statistically significant differences in the mean scores of E scale (extroversion) among the five majors of internal medicine, surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics and auxiliary diagnosis (imaging specialty, pathology and laboratory medicine) (11.34 ± 3.70, 12.31 ± 3.41, 12.26 ± 3.56, 11.88 ± 3.34, 10.93 ± 3.33, respectively, F = 4.77, P <0.05). The scores of E Professional and its score comparison of internal medicine