title: Team Emotional Intelligence, Team Interactions, and Gender in Medical Students During a Psychiatry Clerkship.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study examined the relationship between team emotional intelligence, quality of team interactions, and gender.
  
  
  METHODS
  Psychiatry clerkship students participating in Team-Based Learning (TBL, n = 484) or no TBL (control, n = 265) completed the Workgroup Emotional Intelligence Profile (WEIP-S) and the Team Performance Scale (TPS).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Significant correlations (p < 0.01) existed between quality of team interactions (i.e., TPS) and team emotional intelligence (i.e., WEIP-S) subscales, but not gender. Control and TBL groups experienced significant increases in WEIP-S subscales pre to post (p < 0.01, η (2) = .08), with the TBL group experiencing significantly higher gains in three of four subscales. Control group scored higher on TPS.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A significant relationship exists between team emotional intelligence and quality of team interactions. Gender was unrelated to TPS or WEIP-S subscales. TBL group experienced higher gains in WEIP-S subscales while the control group experienced slightly higher TPS scores. Results suggest implications for medical educators who use TBL.
authors.affiliation: Wright State University, Dayton, OH, USA. nborges@umc.edu.
authors.forename: Nicole J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Borges
authors.affiliation: University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, Oklahoma City, OK, USA.
authors.forename: Britta M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.affiliation: Wright State University, Dayton, OH, USA.
authors.forename: Brenda J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Roman
authors.affiliation: Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA.
authors.forename: Mark H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Townsend
authors.affiliation: Southwestern Medical Center, TX, Austin, USA.
authors.forename: Lisa R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Carchedi
authors.affiliation: Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA.
authors.forename: Jeff S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Cluver
authors.affiliation: George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA.
authors.forename: Julia B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Frank
authors.affiliation: Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Paul M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Haidet
authors.affiliation: The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Ruth E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Levine
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002982:Clinical Clerkship; D003479:Curriculum; D056348:Emotional Intelligence; D006126:Group Processes; D006801:Humans; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000193:education*; D012737:Sex Factors; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000523:psychology*
keywords: Clerkship; Curriculum development; Emotional intelligence; Medical students