A study of emotional intelligence and the effect of educational intervention in emergency medicine residents
Journal Title: Archives of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy - Year 2018, Vol 20, Issue 1
Abstract
Aim of the study this study aimed at examining emotional intelligence components and the impact of education based on it on residents of emergency medicine. Subject or material and methods This study consists of two descriptive and interventional parts and was conducted to determine the effectiveness of educational intervention of emotional intelligence on emergency medicine residents. The first part of the study aimed to determine the state of emotional intelligence in emergency department residents, and in the second part the effect of education on emotional intelligence of the residents was investigated. To collect the required information, Sheering Emotional Intelligence Inventory was used. The SPSS version 16 was used for data analysis as well. Results Among the components of emotional intelligence in 120 Residents of Emergency Medicine, the highest mean score was that of self-awareness (mean and standard deviation of 24.8 ± 3.7), and the lowest one was social skill (mean ± SD: 16.2 ± 3.4). Results of educational intervention showed that there was no significant difference between the components of emotional intelligence in the intervention group and the control group before the educational intervention (P-value ≥ 0.05). After the educational intervention, the difference between the intervention and control groups became significant (P-value≤0.05). Discussion The descriptive findings of this study showed that among the emotional intelligence components, self-awareness and social skills of the residents had the highest and the lowest mean scores, respectively. Conclusions Findings of this study showed that educating emotional intelligence to emergency medicine residents had a significant role in increasing their emotional intelligence.
Authors and Affiliations
Saeed Abbasi, Tayebeh Rakhshani, Mahdi Rezaie, Mohammad reza ebrahimi, Samira Taravatmanesh
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