This Article  • Full text  • PDF  • Send to a friend  • Save in My Folder  • Save to citation manager  • Permissions  Citing Articles  • Citation map  • Citing articles on HighWire  • Citing articles on Web of Science (4)  • Contact me when this article is cited  Related Content  • Related letters  • Similar articles in JAMA  Topic Collections  • Medical Practice  • Medical Education  • Patient-Physician Relationship/ Care  • Patient-Physician Communication  • Alert me on articles by topic  Social Bookmarking   What's this?

Daisy Grewal, PhD; Heather A. Davidson, PhD

JAMA. 2008;300(10):1200-1202.

	Since this article does not have an abstract, we have provided the first 150 words of the full text and any section headings.

Directors of residency training programs are now familiar with the expectations for learning and assessment within 6 core competencies, as required by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.¹ Although the field of medical education has made great strides in developing innovative curricula within the competency framework, a lack of operational definitions continues to impede progress. We propose that the scientific concept of emotional intelligence (EI)² has the potential to deepen understanding of the competency: interpersonal and communication skills. Although EI may relate to the other competencies as well, notably professionalism, this Commentary focuses on describing how EI contributes to interpersonal and communication skills. The theory of EI may help critically define the specific abilities and complex processes that underlie this competency and, in turn, lead to a better understanding of how to successfully integrate the development of these skills . . . [Full Text of this Article]

What Is EI?

Author Affiliations: Department of Graduate Medical Education, Stanford Hospital & Clinics, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, California.

CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter     What's this?

RELATED LETTERS

Emotional Intelligence Training and Evaluation in Physicians
Francesco Pagnini, Gian Mauro Manzoni, and Gianluca Castelnuovo
JAMA. 2009;301(6):600.
EXTRACT | FULL TEXT  

Emotional Intelligence Training and Evaluation in Physicians
Anita R. Webb
JAMA. 2009;301(6):601.
EXTRACT | FULL TEXT  

THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES

Emotional Intelligence Training and Evaluation in Physicians
Pagnini et al.
JAMA 2009;301:600-600.
FULL TEXT  

Emotional Intelligence Training and Evaluation in Physicians
Webb
JAMA 2009;301:601-601.
FULL TEXT