Structure of Emotional Intelligence among First Year Students of Selected Directions of Medicine

Emotional intelligence (EI) is reported to be a predictor of the interpersonal and communications skills particularly important in medicine. The primary aim of this study was to compare the structure of emotional intelligence among first-year students of selected fields of medicine. 110 first year students of Medical University of Gdansk, including Faculty of Medicine, Physiotherapy and Emergency Medicine completed the Two-Dimensional Inventory of Emotional Intelligence (DINEMO). The observed differences in the structure of the emotional intelligence in the group of students proved to be statistically insignificant. Due to considerable implications of EI related to managing both own emotions and the emotions of patients, the future study should cover larger group of students.