Table 3. Overall scores of medical students’ adaptability and proactivity in the 6-week OB/GYN clerkship between groups.
| Category | Checklist item | Group 1 | Group 2 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physically and environmental adaptability | Locate patient | 3.54 | 3.33 | 0.24 |
| Movement | 3.58 | 3.27 | 0.31 | |
| Interpersonal adaptability | Self-introduction | 3.36 | 3.36 | 0.00 |
| Call names | 3.19 | 3.25 | -0.06 | |
| Cultural adaptability | Team structure | 3.70 | 3.88 | -0.18 |
| Setting | 3.35 | 3.00 | 0.35 | |
| Dealing with uncertain work situations | Reaction | 3.27 | 3.18 | 0.09 |
| Learning work tasks, technologies, and procedures | Understand task | 2.97 | 2.89 | 0.08 |
| Discuss task | 3.38 | 3.05 | 0.33 | |
| Perform task | 2.74 | 3.23 | -0.49 | |
| Average | 3.31 | 3.24 | 0.07* | |
Note: Overall scores calculated over 2 consecutive 6 week clerkships. Scores based on WEI instrument using 4 point Likert scale; 1=poor to 4=excellent; Group 1- Students paired with Resident Coaches trained in Workplace Emotional Intelligence (WEI), Group 2- Students paired with Resident Coaches not trained in WEI. *p value = 0.019 calculated by Wilcoxon Signed-Rank test.