Article. Published in the Kursk scientific-practical journal Man and his health, 2005 (No4). Page: 84-89. To determine the criteria for success, psychotypes of doctors and students were studied . It is established that the psychotypes of the future specialist cannot serve as a criterion for the selection of students for the profession of dermatovenerologist . The ability to predict professional success using the method of displaying multidimensional objects for recognition of long-distributed images is shown. A standard for forecasting the quality of training of a dermatovenereologist . was developed Proposed formula for calculating the normalized coefficient of distance from the geometric center in comparison with the reference class, the value of which is based on the forecast of success. Keywords: doctors, psychotypes, professional testing, quality forecasting