title: Emotional Intelligence and Simulation.
abstract: Emotional intelligence (EI) is an established concept in the business literature with evidence that it is an important factor in determining career achievement. There is increasing interest in the role that EI has in medical training, but it is still a nascent field. This article reviews the EI literature most relevant to surgical training and proposes that simulation offers many benefits to the development of EI. Although there are many unanswered questions, it is expected that future research will demonstrate the effectiveness of using simulation to develop EI within surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 55 Fruit Street, GRB-425, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
authors.forename: Sophia K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: McKinley
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA. Electronic address: rphitayakorn@mgh.harvard.edu.
authors.forename: Roy
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Phitayakorn
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D003198:Computer Simulation; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction; D003479:Curriculum; D056348:Emotional Intelligence; D005180:Faculty, Medical; D013502:General Surgery / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D008348:Manikins; D009146:Music; D011214:Practice, Psychological; D011361:Professional Competence; D013177:Sports / Q000193:education; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis
keywords: ACGME core competencies; Emotional intelligence; Graduate medical education; Simulation