Physicians’ Emotional Intelligence: Improving Performance While Reducing Burnout

Abstract

Description Today's physicians are being confronted with an increasing number of challenges and opportunities as our evolving healthcare system progresses into the future. The expectation is not only to provide the best clinical care, but also to satisfy metrics, fulfill budgets, achieve high patient satisfaction levels and accomplish institutional requirements in order to be considered good providers. All these additional demands seem to be affecting not only the clinical performance of physicians but also their wellness, increasing the risk of burnout, depression and suicide.

Hopelessness and burnout in Italian healthcare workers during COVID-19 pandemic: the mediating role of trait emotional intelligence

“…The authors highlight the importance of nurses' abilities to perceive and regulate their emotions while being aware of and empathizing with others' emotions (Soto-Rubio et al, 2020). Several studies conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic took into account EI as a protective factor against psychosocial risks such as burnout and psychosomatic complaints and a favorable effect on job satisfaction (Soto-Rubio et al, 2020;Lisigurski et al, 2021;Richards et al, 2021;Zeb et al, 2021;Shariatpanahi et al, 2022), but to our knowledge, no study on the relationship between trait EI, burnout, and hopelessness has been conducted yet.…”