Open Access<p>Emotional Intelligence Level Higher in Residents Who Took a Gap Year Before Medical School</p>
Author(s) -
Ramzan Shahid,
William Adams
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
advances in medical education and practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1179-7258
DOI - 10.2147/amep.s268464
Subject(s) - empathy , emotional intelligence , specialty , interpersonal communication , psychology , medicine , clinical psychology , family medicine , developmental psychology , psychiatry , social psychology
Emotional intelligence (EI) is the skill of understanding yourself, managing yourself, understanding others, and managing relationships. Studies have begun analyzing the level of EI demonstrated by resident physicians in various specialties. Very few studies have assessed EI levels of residents in multiple specialties within one institution. The purpose of our study was to assess the EI level of all residents at our institution and to determine which variables were associated with higher EI scores.