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

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 oluwaseun.ikotun@student.manchester.ac.uk We read with great interest the work by Shahid1 et al with regards to gap yearmedical residents displaying higher levels of emotional intelligence when comparedto their peers. As UK-based medical students, we appreciate the benefits of a gapyear before engaging with medical education proposed in this study. However,we believe there are certain considerations that need to be addressed to betterunderstand how clinicians of the future may use emotional intelligence to betterpatient outcomes. View the original paper by Shahid and colleagues