Systematic Review of Healthcare Curriculum for Training in Emotional Intelligence Within Physicians, Residents, and Medical Students

Healthcare institutions and organizations need to incorporate EI training while developing their leadership development programs. EI can be built over time through direct practice and coaching and is important for future initiatives in medical curricula, raising hospital competitiveness, improving hospital disaster resilience outcomes, implementing effective digital healthcare, and addressing socioeconomic and racial health disparities. Several of our findings are supported by moderate to strong evidence, including 7 randomized studies. However, more research is necessary to standardize EI training approaches; EQ-i 2.0 may be preferred in future studies to ensure standardization and comparability of EI assessment between programs.