title: Emotional intelligence and selection to administrative chief residency.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The authors sought to determine whether emotional intelligence, as measured by the BarOn emotional quotient inventory (EQ-i), is associated with selection to administrative chief resident.
  
  
  METHODS
  Authors invited senior-year residents at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston to participate in an observational cross-sectional study using the BarOn EQ-i. In October 2009 they sent an invitation e-mail to 66 senior residents, with a reminder e-mail 1 month later. The study was designed to detect a 15-point difference in EQ-i scores with 80% power.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the 66 invited residents, 69.6% participated in the study. Average total EQ-I score was 104.9. Among senior-year residents, there were no statistically significant differences in EQ-i scores between administrative chief residents (at 109) and non-administrative chief residents (at 103.2).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Administrative chief residents do not demonstrate higher Emotional Intelligence, as measured by the EQ-i, than other senior-year residents.
authors.affiliation: University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX, USA. charles.c.kilpatrick@uth.tmc.edu
authors.forename: Charlie C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Kilpatrick
authors.forename: Peter D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Doyle
authors.forename: Eric F
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: Reichman
authors.forename: Lubna
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chohan
authors.forename: Margaret O
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Uthman
authors.forename: Francisco J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Orejuela
mesh_terms: D000124:Achievement; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D056348:Emotional Intelligence; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009934:Organization and Administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data