Emotional intelligence in medical education: A critical review

Medical Education

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 468-478

  Cherry, M Gemma ^a   Fletcher, Ian ^b   O'Sullivan, Helen ^c   Dornan, Tim ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRICULUM; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGY;

COMMUNICATION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; HUMANS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84898722980     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/medu.12406     Document Type: Article

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