Evidence for emotional competence improving clinical performance outside emergency and surgical contexts remains inconsistent, and empathy does not predict technical examination quality¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · review r2–r3 · q2
Currency · newest study 2026 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

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q is the design tier, i the impact, n the sample, and the kind with its r the rigour judged within that kind: what each code means.

This claim: no standardized effect is recorded in observations/ for it yet, so no benchmark reading is possible.

q2 i? Outside emergency contexts, the relationship between global EC scores and diagnostic or therapeutic performance is inconsistent. → Joly Louise 2026 q2 i? Empathy, mainly in student samples, was not a predictive factor for quality of clinical examination or diagnostic and therapeutic performance, except when evaluation criteria included interpersonal interactions. → Joly Louise 2026 (2)

Evidence¶

Joly Louise 2026¶

Joly Louise, Nunes de Sousa Alexandra, Bardiau Marjorie, Dory Valérie, Bayot Marie, Lenoir Anne-Laure. (2026). Impact of emotional competence on clinical reasoning: a scoping review. BMJ Open. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-113483

q2 · i? · review · r3

Narrative synthesis of the review's non-emergency-setting studies; the review reports inconsistent evidence across multiple cited studies without pooled estimates. No effect size is printed.

"Outside of an emergency context, the evidence of a relationship between global EC scores and diagnostic or therapeutic performance is inconsistent."

Joly Louise 2026 (2)¶

q2 · i? · review · r2

Narrative synthesis reporting the empathy–technical performance null across the review's included studies, predominantly student samples; an association appeared only when evaluation criteria incorporated interpersonal interactions with patients or the medical team.

"Empathy, based on evidence predominantly drawn from studies involving student samples, did not appear to be a predictive factor for the quality of clinical examination or diagnostic and therapeutic performance."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

Emotional Intelligence — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes

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