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- High burnout rates among healthcare profession students negatively impact their academics and mental health.
- Emotional intelligence, a skill that can be developed, is linked to reduced burnout and stress but is often not included in healthcare education programs.
- This study found a strong negative correlation between emotional intelligence and burnout among healthcare students, highlighting emotional intelligence, age, and prior training as key factors in reducing burnout levels.
Article Abstract
Background: High prevalence of burnout amongst healthcare profession students results in detrimental effects on academic performance, mental health, and quality of life. Emotional intelligence is a trainable skillset demonstrated to protect against burnout, improve psychological well-being, and decrease anxiety and stress, yet it lacks standardized inclusion in many healthcare profession program curricula.
Objectives: To explore the utility of emotional intelligence as a tool for burnout mitigation, this study aimed to determine the relationship between emotional intelligence and burnout in an interprofessional sample of healthcare profession students and identify related variables.
Design: Cross-sectional survey study.
Settings: Data was collected over 14 weeks in the fall of 2022 via a nationally distributed online survey.
Participants: 147 healthcare profession students from the following professional or doctoral programs: Master of Science in Athletic Training (ATC), Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT), Master of Science in or Doctor of Occupational Therapy (OT/OTD), Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology (SLP), Doctor of Medicine (MD), Physician Assistant Studies (PA-S), Bachelor of Science in Nursing (RN), or Nurse Practitioner Studies (NP).
Methods: Participants completed a demographics form (personal/school related variables including prior education and mindfulness habits), the Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire-Short Form (TEIQue-SF), Oldenberg Burnout Inventory-Student (OLBI-S), and RU-SATED sleep health scale.
Results: A large negative correlation was noted between emotional intelligence and burnout (r = -0.591, p < .001). Emotional intelligence and age were significant predictors of burnout. Previous emotional intelligence learning and mindfulness practice also demonstrated significant differences in emotional intelligence.
Conclusions: These findings suggest that greater emotional intelligence may have a positive impact on burnout and wellbeing in healthcare profession students. Educational interventions aimed to improve emotional intelligence should be explored for inclusion in healthcare profession educational program curricula.
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