Mercer University School of Medicine, Columbus, GA, USA.
Department of Orthopedics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Med Teach. 2021 Sep;43(9):1063-1069. doi: 10.1080/0142159X.2021.1915468. Epub 2021 Apr 30.
Emotional intelligence (EI) has been associated with decreased burnout in surgical residents but has not been extensively studied in medical students. We hypothesized that higher EI would lead to decreased levels of burnout among medical students at a US medical school.
The authors administered three separate EI measures and compiled an EI score by adding the normalized score on each test. These measures were the DRS-15, the Grit Scale, and the Reading the Mind Between the Eyes Quiz. The Professional Fulfillment Index (PFI) was used to determine levels of burnout experienced two weeks before survey completion.
The population included 68 medical students. PFI and EI scores were positively correlated ( = 0.55, < .001). The separate EI measures indicated that both Grit ( = 0.43, < .001) and DRS-15 ( = 0.56, < .001) were correlated with PFI. The Eyes Quiz did not show a significant correlation with PFI ( = .2).
The results confirmed our hypothesis that EI would be correlated with decreased levels of burnout among this group of students. Some areas of potential future study include whether these same results hold true at other medical schools and if improving EI has a benefit of decreasing burnout.
情绪智力（EI）与外科住院医师的倦怠减少有关，但在医学生中尚未得到广泛研究。我们假设，在一所美国医学院的医学生中，较高的 EI 会导致倦怠水平降低。
作者使用了三种不同的 EI 测试方法，并通过对每个测试的标准化分数进行加总来编制 EI 得分。这些测试分别是 DRS-15、坚韧量表和“阅读眼睛之间的思想测验”。职业满意度指数（PFI）用于确定在完成调查前两周内经历的倦怠水平。
研究对象包括 68 名医学生。PFI 和 EI 得分呈正相关（ = 0.55， < .001）。单独的 EI 测试表明，坚韧（ = 0.43， < .001）和 DRS-15（ = 0.56， < .001）均与 PFI 相关。眼睛测验与 PFI 没有显著相关性（ = .2）。
研究结果证实了我们的假设，即 EI 与该组学生的倦怠程度降低相关。未来的一些潜在研究领域包括这些结果是否在其他医学院中也成立，以及提高 EI 是否有助于减少倦怠。
