Do we develop public health leaders?- association between public health competencies and emotional intelligence: a cross-sectional study

Abstract

Background: Professional development of public health leaders requires a form of instruction which is competency-based to help them develop the abilities to address complex and evolving demands of health care systems. Concurrently, emotional intelligence (EI) is a key to organisational success. Our aim was twofold: i) to assess the relationship between the level of self-assessed public health and EI competencies among Master of European Public Health (MEPH) students and graduates at Maastricht University, and; ii) to determine the relationship between different groups of public health competencies and specific EI skills. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted including all recent MEPH graduates and students from 2009-2012, out of 67 eligible candidates N = 51 were contacted and N = 33 responded (11 males and 22 females; overall response: 64.7%).Two validated tools were employed: i) public health competencies self-assessment questionnaire, and; ii) Assessing Emotions Scale.Results: Females scored higher than males in all seven domains of the self-assessed key public health competencies (NS) and emotional intelligence competences (P = 0.022). Overall, the mean value of public health competencies was the lowest in students with "staff" preferences and the highest among students with mixed job preferences (P < 0.001). There was evidence of a correlation between the overall public health competencies and the overall emotional intelligence competencies (r = 0.61, P < 0.001). Conclusions:The study shows a positive correlation between public health specific competencies and EI attributes. It can contribute to the improvement of the educational content of PH curricula by rising awareness through self-assessment and supporting the identification of further educational needs related to leadership.

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“…14,15 Recent studies have described training strategies that can develop public health leadership skills, as well as the ability to make sound decisions despite imperfect evidence and absence of agreement. [14][15][16] There is significant potential for building public health leadership skills with effective training and practicing. [15][16][17] The case-based seminar implemented on the basis of the residents' perspectives took into consideration the importance of building leadership skills and that of addressing DPH problems that mimic real-world issues; assessing communities; designing interventions, taking into account policy and advocacy considerations; planning financial strategies; and evaluating outcomes.…”

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