A Study of relationship between emotional intelligence and clinical performance in training field in Midwifery students of Nursing and Midwifery School

Background:   In the last decade, researchers have found that, each person’s success in education, either in school or in university, is not only related with his/her intelligence quotient, but today Emotional Intelligence is considered as another forecaster of people prosperities in their lives .The aim of this study is to determine the relationship between emotional intelligence and clinical performance of midwifery students in clinical unit. Methods: This investigation is a descriptive- correlation study, which is carried out on 19 eighth-semester midwifery students. The evaluation of clinical performance in this study was performed in training unit in the hospital. Bar- on Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire was given to students at the end of the term in order to answer and then deliver it to researcher. Results: There is a significant and direct relationship between total grade of students’ emotional intelligence and clinical performance in training field (p=0.003). Conclusion: Students who have higher emotional intelligence could have better clinical performance and as a result improvement of academic performance. So, if they are trained in a manner to acquire higher level of EI we can hope for showing their maximum potential.