Medical students’ emotional intelligence: a review maps approaches but gives limited outcome detail
The review describes educational strategies ranging from reflection to communication training, but differences between studies prevented a pooled estimate of their effects.
Based on the published abstract. The full paper may contain additional methods, results and limitations.
The 30-second takeaway
The review identifies several approaches intended to develop medical students’ emotional intelligence, including storytelling, reflection, communication training, and patient exposure. The authors favor integrating approaches throughout training, but the abstract does not provide comparative effect estimates. It therefore offers a map of educational approaches without establishing which reliably improves student or patient outcomes.
Substantial differences between studies prevented quantitative pooling. The abstract gives no intervention-specific effect sizes or detailed patient outcome results, limiting assessment of the authors’ broader claims about benefits for care.
What the review organized
Researchers grouped the literature into themes covering educational activities, emotional skills, stress and coping, assessment, and individual differences. They then linked those themes to an emotional intelligence framework to structure the discussion.
Proposals versus demonstrated outcomes
The discussion highlights repeated practice, guided reflection, mentorship, and debriefing as parts of an integrated approach. However, the abstract does not show how these components compared individually or whether proposed patient benefits were directly measured.
The original publication
Enhancing emotional intelligence in medical education: a systematic review of interventions.
Maity S, De Filippis SM, Aldanese A et al.
Front Med (Lausanne) · 2025
- PubMed ID
- 40792296
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