Wood Timothy J, Humphrey-Murto Susan, Moineau Geneviève, Forgie Melissa, Puddester Derek, Leddy John J
Department of Innovation in Medical Education,University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Can Med Educ J. 2020 Mar 16;11(1):e35-e45. doi: 10.36834/cmej.67884. eCollection 2020 Mar.
Medical school admissions committees are seeking alternatives to traditional academic measures when selecting students; one potential measure being emotional intelligence (EI). If EI is to be used as an admissions criterion, it should predict future performance. The purpose of this study is to determine if EI scores at admissions predicts performance on a medical licensure examination.
All medical school applicants to the University of Ottawa in 2006 and 2007 were invited to complete the Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test (MSCEIT v2.0) after their interview. Students were tracked through medical school into licensure and EI scores were correlated to their scores on the Medical Council of Canada Qualifying Examination (MCCQE) attempted between 2010 and 2014.
The correlation between the MSCEIT and the MCCQE Part I was (200) = .01 =. 90 The covariates of age and gender accounted for a significant amount of variance in MCCQE Part I scores ( = .10, <.001, n=202) but the addition of the MSCEIT scores was not statistically significant ( change = .002, =.56). The correlation between the MSCEIT and the MCCQE Part II was (197) = .06, = .41. The covariates of age and gender accounted for some variance in MCCQE Part II scores ( = .05, = .007, n=199) but the addition of the MSCEIT did not ( change = .002 =.55).
The low correlations between EI and licensure scores replicates other studies that have found weak correlations between EI scores and tests administered at admissions and during medical school. These results suggest caution if one were to use EI as part of their admissions process.
医学院招生委员会在选拔学生时正在寻求传统学术衡量标准的替代方法；其中一个潜在的衡量标准是情商（EI）。如果情商要被用作录取标准，它应该能够预测未来的表现。本研究的目的是确定入学时的情商分数是否能预测医学执照考试的成绩。
邀请了2006年和2007年申请渥太华大学医学院的所有学生在面试后完成梅耶 - 萨洛维 - 卡鲁索情商测试（MSCEIT v2.0）。对学生从医学院一直追踪到获得执照，并将情商分数与他们在2010年至2014年期间参加的加拿大医学委员会资格考试（MCCQE）的成绩进行关联。
MSCEIT与MCCQE第一部分之间的相关性为（200）=.01，=.90。年龄和性别的协变量在MCCQE第一部分成绩中占了相当大的方差（=.10，<.001，n = 202），但加入MSCEIT分数后并无统计学意义（变化=.002，=.56）。MSCEIT与MCCQE第二部分之间的相关性为（197）=.06，=.41。年龄和性别的协变量在MCCQE第二部分成绩中占了一些方差（=.05，=.007，n = 199），但加入MSCEIT后没有（变化=.002，=.55）。
情商与执照考试分数之间的低相关性重复了其他研究的结果，这些研究发现情商分数与入学时及医学院期间进行的测试之间的相关性较弱。这些结果表明，如果将情商作为招生过程的一部分，需谨慎行事。
