Aithal Ashwini P, Kumar Naveen, Gunasegeran Prasaniya, Sundaram Sivagamy M, Rong Lim Zhen, Prabhu Sujatha P
Department of Anatomy, Melaka Manipal Medical College, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
Melaka Manipal Medical College, Manipal Campus, Manipal University, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
Educ Health (Abingdon). 2016 Sep-Dec;29(3):255-258. doi: 10.4103/1357-6283.204227.
Emotional intelligence (EI) refers to the composite set of capabilities that enable a person to identify, assess, understand, and control emotions of oneself and others. This study was conducted to assess trait EI, to examine possible differences in the EI level of medical students in terms of gender, and to investigate the correlation between EI of medical students and their academic performance.
We used a cross-sectional survey consisting of a self-assessment questionnaire distributed to 200 undergraduate medical students after informed consent. Subjects responded on a five-point Likert scale. Data obtained were examined using descriptive frequencies, percentages, and correlations and analyzed with SPSS software.
Sixty-five percent of medical students had high EI. EI was significantly higher in females (72.27± 8.84) compared to males (67.47± 15.43) (P = 0.007). There was a positive correlation between EI and academic performance (r = 0.51).
EI is a necessary component of medical students' skill sets to ensure that they are not only knowledgeable and academically competent in medical school but will also succeed in the future as quality healthcare professionals. There should be a balance between intelligence quotient and EI in students' learning processes to ensure success both personally and professionally. Students with good EI tend to be skilled at interpreting emotions; skills which, in turn, will add on to their performance in medical training and patient care.
情商（EI）是指使人能够识别、评估、理解和控制自己及他人情绪的综合能力。本研究旨在评估特质情商，探讨医学生情商水平在性别方面的可能差异，并调查医学生情商与其学业成绩之间的相关性。
我们采用横断面调查，在获得知情同意后，向200名本科医学生发放一份自我评估问卷。受试者以五点李克特量表作答。对获得的数据进行描述性频率、百分比和相关性分析，并使用SPSS软件进行分析。
65%的医学生情商较高。女性医学生的情商（72.27±8.84）显著高于男性（67.47±15.43）（P = 0.007）。情商与学业成绩之间存在正相关（r = 0.51）。
情商是医学生技能组合的必要组成部分，以确保他们不仅在医学院知识渊博且学业能力出众，而且在未来作为优质医疗保健专业人员也能取得成功。在学生的学习过程中，智商和情商应保持平衡，以确保在个人和职业方面都取得成功。情商高的学生往往善于解读情绪；这些技能反过来又会提升他们在医学培训和患者护理中的表现。
