Abstract
Emotional Intelligence (EI) represents the ability to monitor one’s own and others’ feelings and emotions, to discriminate among them and to use this information to guide one’s thinking and actions. There are benefits of EI which have been documented in professional fields including the medical profession. EI and academic success are linked, and that both are vital for increasing academic performance. There is a lack of data on how final year medical students can integrate EI learning within the curriculum. With an intervention, EI improves academic performance and EI skills of clinical year medical students. Emotional intelligence has a positive attitude towards life that leads to better outcomes and greater rewards for themselves and others. Our general objective is to develop intervention in improving EI of medical undergraduates and produce compassionate first contact physicians/doctors. Specific objectives include: To access effectiveness of newly develop intervention,To identify the emotional skill session that assist to reduce unhealthy emotion, To access positive and negative effects and level of EI by using SSEIT Schutte Self-Report Emotional Intelligence Test. Methodology uses quantitative research method to investigate the problem. Study design is based on a prospective comparative interventional study, a randomized control trial Study participants were fourth year medical students of all ages and either gender during family medicine posting. Group of students were randomly assigned according to the group posted in family medicine weekly at Manipal University College Malaysia (MUCM), Melaka. Sample size calculation found 84 students eligible for the study.(Gilar-Corbi et al. 2018)
Presenters
Nan Nitra ThanProfessor, Community Medicine, Manipal University College, Melaka, Malaysia
Details
Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
Health Promotion and Education
KEYWORDS
EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE, ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, POSITIVE ATTITUDE, LIFE SATISFACTION
