Introduction to the MBTI: Online Learning Module 1


COURSE DESCRIPTION
The purpose of Module 1 is the acquisition of powerful information and insights that will help you understand your personal strengths in order to enhance your contribution to your veterinary team and to promote your effectiveness in relationships at home, at school, and in life!

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

  • Learn the purposes of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) personality tool.
  • Know how the MBTI is similar to and different from other personality inventories.
  • Understand the concept of “personality type.”


Optional and Recommended:

  1. Complete the MBTI.
  2. Review your assessment report to become aware of your type preferences.
  3. Achieve an increased awareness of your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors by learning:

              How you prefer to become energized.
              How you prefer to take in information.
              How you prefer to make decisions.
              How you prefer to approach life.

Once you've completed these steps, use this information to recognize and respect your strengths and challenges. Develop awareness of how preference dichotomies impact others’ thinking, feeling, and behaviors. Finally, grasp that all preferences are equally valuable and useful. Be motivated to use what you have learned to benefit yourself and others with whom you work or interact, such as the members of your veterinary team!

COURSE CONTENT

*Optional and Recommended: Take the MBTI

Part I - The MBTI Tool
Personality Assessment and the Veterinary Team
• Increasing Self-Awareness
• Understanding Individual Differences

Part II – Understanding Type
Benefits of Understanding Personality Type

Part III – MBTI Comparison
How the MBTI Compares to Other Psychological Tests
• What Makes the MBTI Similar
• What Makes the MBTI Unique

Part IV – Carl Jung
What is Personality Type?
• Personality Type Theory
• Recommended Reading

Part V – The Four Dichotomies
The Building Blocks of Personality Type
• The Four Dichotomies
• The Spice of Life
• Exercise

Part VI – The Eight Preferences
Understanding Your Preferences
• The Eight Preferences


REQUIRED MATERIALS
Required course content is online.
Optional and recommended: Take the MBTI online at the EVT discounted price.