Comments on: Emotional Intelligence Level Higher in Residents Who Took a Gap Year Before Medical School [Letter]

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Oluwaseun Ikotun, Esther Wan Ching Lee The University of Manchester, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, Manchester, UKCorrespondence: Oluwaseun IkotunThe University of Manchester, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, Manchester, UKEmail [email protected] We read with great interest the work by Shahid1 et al with regards to gap year medical residents displaying higher levels of emotional intelligence when compared to their peers. As UK-based medical students, we appreciate the benefits of a gap year before engaging with medical education proposed in this study. However, we believe there are certain considerations that need to be addressed to better understand how clinicians of the future may use emotional intelligence to better patient outcomes.    View the original paper by Shahid and colleagues