USE OF CONTENT ANALYSIS DATA FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPLEX OF METHODS FOR ASSESSING PROFESSIONALLY IMPORTANT QUALITIES OF PERSONALITY OF OFFICERS OF A MEDICAL SERVICE

Objective. To develop criteria for assessing professionally important psychological characteristics of the personality of medical officers during certification. Materials and methods. The study was conducted in 2018-2019 at the Research Center of the S. M. Kirov Military Medical Academy, of the Russian Defense Ministry. Object of study - medical officers of the clinical, command, teaching, administrative, scientific and other professional activities from among the permanent and variable staff of the Military Medical Academy and military unit (n = 552). To identify professionally important personality traits and their subsequent assessment in officers, a questionnaire survey and psycho-diagnostic examination were conducted. It was found out what personal qualities of chiefs, subordinates and colleagues are valuable (important), or, conversely, prevent the effectiveness of professional activities. The survey results were systematized using content analysis. A comparison was made of the data obtained in the groups of officers: S. M. Kirov Military Medical Academy, of the Russian Defense Ministry and military units; various profiles of activity and depending on the severity of professional burnout. Signs of professional burnout were identified using the questionnaire “Professional burnout” by M. A. Dmitrieva, V. M. Snetkova. Results. It was established that when assessing the identity of commanders, subordinates and colleagues, medical officers call, first of all, the qualities that belong to the following groups: “moral qualities”, “honesty”, “orderliness”, “strong-willed qualities”, “intelligence”, “empathy”, “altruism”, “neuro-psychic resilience”. To the qualities that prevent effective professional activity, medical officers most often attribute the personality qualities of the following groups: “lack of motivation”, “deceit”, “irresponsibility”, “and low culture of communication”, “disorganization”. Conclusion. There are differences in the attitude to professionally valuable personality traits in officers with and without signs of professional burnout syndrome. The essential features of not only the mental state, but also the psychological characteristics of military medical specialists in the formation of a professional burnout syndrome include adverse personality deformations (1 figure, 4 tabl., bibliography: 5 refs).

activity type, certification, content analysis, medical officers, professional burnout, psychological characteristics