Associations between emotional intelligence and doctor burnout, job satisfaction and patient satisfaction

• Published in: Medical education Vol. 45; no. 8; pp. 835 - 842
• Main Authors: Weng, Hui-Ching, Hung, Chao-Ming, Liu, Yi-Tien, Cheng, Yu-Jen, Yen, Cheng-Yo, Chang, Chi-Chang, Huang, Chih-Kun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.08.2011; Wiley-Blackwell
• Subjects: Adaptation, Psychological; Adult; Biological and medical sciences; burnout; Burnout, Professional - psychology; Data collection; Education; Emotional Intelligence; Female; Health participants; Humans; intelligence; Job Satisfaction; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Miscellaneous; Occupational health; Patient Satisfaction; Physicians - psychology; Public health. Hygiene; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; Statistics as Topic; Stress, Psychological - psychology; Affect affectivity; Association; Physician patient relation; Intelligence; Physician; Emotion emotionality; Job satisfaction; Public health; Occupational burnout

Medical Education 2011: 45: 835–842 CONTEXT  The occupational health literature has long been dominated by stress‐related topics. A more contemporary perspective suggests using a positive approach in the form of a health model focused on what is right with people, such as feelings of well‐being and...