Emotional intelligence in medical students: Does it correlate with selection measures?

Medical Education

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1069-1077

  Carr, Sandra E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MEDICAL STUDENT; ONLINE SYSTEM; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCHOOL ADMISSION; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; STUDENT SELECTION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COLLEGE ADMISSION TEST; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72449151865     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2009.03496.x     Document Type: Article

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