PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Price, Travis M.
TI  - Emotional Intelligence in Medical Laboratory Science
AID  - 10.29074/ascls.28.3.178
DP  - 2015 Jul 01
TA  - American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science
PG  - 178--185
VI  - 28
IP  - 3
4099  - http://hwmaint.clsjournal.ascls.org/content/28/3/178.short
4100  - http://hwmaint.clsjournal.ascls.org/content/28/3/178.full
SO  - Clin Lab Sci2015 Jul 01; 28
AB  - OBJECTIVE: Explore the role of emotional intelligence (EI) among medical laboratory scientists as perceived by clinical laboratory administrators.DESIGN: A detailed survey was designed to assess the importance laboratory administrators placed on EI related skills as well as to gauge their satisfaction with EI among currently practicing medical laboratory scientists (MLSs). Other survey questions solicited information about the responsibility individuals and college-based programs should assume for EI training as well as what is currently being done in clinical laboratories to promote the development of soft skills. Quantitative and qualitative information from 413 completed surveys was compiled and analyzed.SETTING: Surveys were collected from clinical laboratory administrators from 42 states.CONCLUSION: Laboratory administrators indicated that EI related skills were very important for successful job performance in the clinical laboratory. They expressed overall satisfaction with EI among currently practicing MLSs, but indicated room for improvement.ABBREVIATIONS: EI - Emotional intelligence, MLS - medical laboratory scientist, ANOVA - analysis of variance, LSD - least squared difference.