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Introduction:
Emotional intelligence (EI) interests medical schools as a predictive factor in their graduates' clinical success. Historically black college and university (HBCU) academic health centers produce professionals to address health disparities. This preliminary study evaluated a health disparity reduction curriculum's effect on EI.
Methods:
Thirty-one undergraduates participating in a Meharry Medical College health disparity reduction program voluntarily self-reported demographic and EI data before and after service-learning training.
Results:
Paired sample t-test results demonstrated significant improvement in EI subscales of total score (p = .004), self-awareness (p=.001), self-confidence (p=.007), self-control (p=.041), motivation (p=.020), and social competence (p=.036). Multiple linear analyses confirmed African American race significantly predicted EI-Motivation (F [1,29] = 5.858, p =.022).
Conclusions:
These preliminary data support a beneficial effect in African Americans of a health disparity curriculum to improve EI, particularly the relevance of race to motivation. Future research should examine EI in HBCU medical school students.
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