ABSTRACT

Background

Effective student selection methods are needed to identify applicants who are expected to complete their studies and succeed professionally. The assessment of emotional intelligence has recently been identified as an important element of student selection for nursing studies.

Purpose

This small-scale study, conducted in Finland, sought to capture the content of emotional intelligence that is considered relevant to social care and healthcare student selection from the perspectives of social care and healthcare educators and professionals.

Methods

Five semi-structured focus group interviews (n = 30) were conducted with the educators and professionals. The data were analysed qualitatively using both deductive and inductive content analyses.

Findings

The analysis of the data identified participants’ perspectives on: perception of emotions, understanding emotions, accepting emotions, emotional management, emotional expression, utilising emotions and emotional awareness in social contexts. The participating educators and professionals indicated that applicants should demonstrate basic abilities across all these aspects of emotional intelligence in order to cope with the demands of social care and healthcare studies.

Conclusions

Findings support the notion of the comprehensive assessment of emotional intelligence in student selection contexts. By ascertaining whether students have adequate basic emotional intelligence abilities, the risk of emotional exhaustion during clinical practice could be reduced; higher education institutions may better be able to select applicants who are likely to complete their studies and who are willing and able to work as social care and healthcare professionals.

中文翻译：

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社会关怀和医疗保健学生选择中的情商评估：一项定性描述性研究

摘要

背景

需要有效的学生选择方法来确定有望完成学业并取得专业成功的申请人。情商的评估最近被确定为护理研究学生选择的一个重要因素。

目的

这项在芬兰进行的小规模研究旨在从社会关怀和医疗保健教育者和专业人士的角度捕捉被认为与社会关怀和医疗保健学生选择相关的情商内容。

方法

与教育工作者和专业人士进行了五次半结构化焦点小组访谈（n = 30）。使用演绎和归纳内容分析对数据进行定性分析。

发现

数据分析确定了参与者对情绪的看法、理解情绪、接受情绪、情绪管理、情绪表达、在社会环境中利用情绪和情绪意识。参与的教育工作者和专业人士表示，申请人应在情商的所有这些方面表现出基本能力，以应对社会关怀和医疗保健研究的需求。

结论

调查结果支持在学生选择背景下综合评估情商的概念。通过确定学生是否具备足够的基本情商能力，可以降低临床实践中情绪衰竭的风险；高等教育机构可能能够更好地选择有可能完成学业并愿意并能够担任社会护理和医疗保健专业人员的申请人。