Team emotional intelligence matters for hospitalists: Unlocking a key driver for performance, learning, and well‐being
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: JustinJWChoiEmotional intelligence-the capacity to recognize, understand, and effectively manage our own feelings and those of others-is integral to effective interpersonal communication, learning, and performance.[1][2][3] While emotional intelligence has been mostly conceptualized on the individual level, less emphasis has been placed on the team level.Team emotional intelligence (TEI) is defined as "the ability of a group to develop a set of norms that manage emotional processes."4 TEI is critical for enhancing team effectivenessemotionally intelligent teams have less conflict, more trust, and better communication.4,5 For hospitalists who serve as team leaders in clinical, educational, and quality domains, TEI is essential for improving patient care, learning, and well-being.Consider an academic ward team (though one can imagine similar scenarios in nonacademic settings) consisting of the hospitalist, residents, students, nurses, pharmacists, and others.This team typically forms rapidly, may have fluid membership (week-to-week), and represents a convergence of individual personal ORCID
Source: Journal of Hospital Medicine
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.70082
Author: Justin J. Choi
Institutions: Maastricht University, Weill Cornell Medicine
Language: English
Subfield: Social Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4410824255