Emotional intelligence among medical students: a mixed methods study from Chennai, India.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Emotional Intelligence is the ability of a person to understand and respond to one's own and others' emotions and use this understanding to guide one's thoughts and actions. To assess the level of emotional intelligence of medical students in a medical college in Chennai and to explore their understanding of the role of emotions in medical practice.

Methods

A quantitative, cross sectional, questionnaire based, survey was conducted among 207 medical students in a college in Chennai, India using the Quick Emotional Intelligence Self Assessment Test and some hypothetical emotional clinical vignettes. This was followed by a qualitative moderated fish-bowl discussion to elicit the opinion of medical students on role of emotions in the practice of medicine.

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SUBMITTER: Sundararajan S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5935999 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature