Implementation of a coaching training for enhancing empathy and emotional intelligence skills in health science students: a prospective study
María Encarnación Aguilar-Ferrándiz,
Sonia Toledano-Moreno,
Antonio Casas-Barragán
et al.
Abstract:Background
Empathy and emotional intelligence are core competencies in the educational curriculum of health science students, both play a significant role in teamwork relationships and in attention patient’s cares; so innovative strategies to enhance these emotional skills are required. We prospectively tested an academic coaching program for improving empathy and emotional intelligence in students of health sciences degrees.
Methods
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