Evaluating Emotional Intelligence in Medical Students: A Comparative Analysis of Their Trait Emotional Intelligence (TEI) Scores Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Medical education, which generally relied heavily on intelligence quotients, has found a new value in emotional intelligence (EI), specifically after the challenges faced during the COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic has had some apparent and some intangible effects, as this required an emergency switch to online teaching and learning.  Aim: This study was conducted to compare the trait emotional intelligence (TEI) score of medical undergraduates with the increasing number of years of medical curriculum.

Effect of Nasal Dominance on Pulmonary Function Test and Heart Rate: A Pilot Study.

Background: The nasal cycle is one of the many cyclic events in a human being. Nasal airflow is greater in one nostril at any given point in time and this alternates between right and left nostrils over time. Its periodicity ranges from 25 min to 8 h.