A review of emotional intelligence studies in medical education and practice

Research on emotional intelligence is flourishing in recent past but the current state of it is slightly paradoxical. Emotional intelligence has a pivotal role to play in an emotionally laden environment like healthcare. This study is an attempt to know and understand the current state of research on emotional intelligence in a medical context. Relevant literature is found through selected databases and seven systematic reviews focused on medical education and practices are selected to study in detail. Quality appraisal of selected studies are carried out and the composite result of these studies is presented in this paper. The result of this study supports the positive utilization of emotional intelligence in medical education and practice by carefully considering all critics. A potential area of further research is suggested.