Psychological portrait of medical expert viewed from socionics approach position

The study of the authors included interviews of about 300 doctors. Interviews have shown that medical expert should possess a certain combination of psychological features necessary to fulfill his duties successfully. Structural logic, which is supposed to predominate in the structure of personality, is the critical quality. Logical-intuitive introvert is an optimal psychological type for expert activity. It is also necessary to create a high quality system of education for experts including basic professional education and expertise training according to the specialization, expert analysis and expert decision-making skills development, individual work in a group of experts, expert decision management, forming a need of self-perfection; psychological training; permanent improvement in basic professional specialization and expertise.

medical expertise, medical expert, psychological qualities, socionics