Teaching Emotional Intelligence: A Control Group Study of a Brief Educational Intervention for Emergency Medicine Residents.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Emotional Intelligence (EI) is defined as an ability to perceive another's emotional state combined with an ability to modify one's own. Physicians with this ability are at a distinct advantage, both in fostering teams and in making sound decisions. Studies have shown that higher physician EI's are associated with lower incidence of burn-out, longer careers, more positive patient-physician interactions, increased empathy, and improved communication skills. We explored the potential for EI to be learned as a skill (as opposed to being an innate ability) through a brief educational intervention with emergency medicine (EM) residents.

Methods

This study was conducted at a large urban EM residency program. Residents were randomized to either EI intervention or contr

SUBMITTER: Gorgas DL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4651591 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature