title: Development of emotional intelligence in a team-based learning internal medicine clerkship.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Although increasing number of articles have been published on team-based learning (TBL), none has explored team emotional intelligence.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  We extend the literature by examining changes in team emotional intelligence during a third year clerkship where TBL is a primary instructional strategy. We hypothesized that team emotional intelligence will change in a positive direction (i.e., increase) during the clerkship.
  
  
  METHODS
  With IRB approval, during the 2009-2010 academic year third-year students in their internal medicine clerkship (N = 105, 100% response rate) completed the Workgroup Emotional Intelligence Profile - Short Version (WEIP-S) at the beginning and at the end of their 12-week clerkship. TBL is an instructional strategy utilized during the internal medicine clerkship.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Paired t-tests showed that team emotional intelligence increased significantly pre to post clerkship for three of the four areas: awareness of own emotions (p = 0.018), recognizing emotions in others (p = 0.031), and ability to manage other's emotions (p = 0.013). There was no change for ability to control own emotions (p = 0.570).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In an internal medicine clerkship, where TBL is utilized as an instructional strategy, team emotional intelligence increases. This supports TBL as an adjunctive tool to traditional medical education pedagogy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Health, Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, Dayton, OH 45435-0001, USA. nicole.borges@wright.edu
authors.forename: Nicole J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Borges
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kirkham
authors.forename: Adam S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Deardorff
authors.forename: Jeremy A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Moore
mesh_terms: D002982:Clinical Clerkship / Q000458:organization & administration; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003625:Data Collection; D056348:Emotional Intelligence; D006801:Humans; D007388:Internal Medicine / Q000193:education*; D009820:Ohio; D010555:Personality Inventory; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000523:psychology