Development of emotional intelligence of medical and pharmaceutical education students: content, structure, levels of development

Abstract

The article provides a theoretical analysis of the problem of the development of emotional intelligence of medical and pharmaceutical students. The content of emotional intelligence as a psychological phenomenon, which manifests itself in the ability to recognize, understand, analyze one's emotions, skillfully manage them, is clarified; perceive, understand and adequately respond to emotional processes and states of other people. Based on the review of emotional competence, the structural components of emotional intelligence are justified: motivational-personal, cognitive-functional, reflective; in accordance with the criteria for the effectiveness of the development of the specified characteristic, the levels of development of emotional intelligence are determined: high, medium, low.

Attention is focused on the peculiarities of the youthful age of medical and pharmaceutical education students, which are revealed in the process of developing emotional intelligence. The importance of educational and psychological-pedagogical support of the participants of the educational process in the successful implementation of the specified problem has been updated. The importance of the formation and development of motivation, values and priorities, empathy, humanity, and reflection as key characteristics of the emotional intelligence of a person and a future health care specialist is emphasized.