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mainly in interventional nature while considering the important aspects of professionalism, ethical
behaviour and soft skills as well with proper objective measurement tools.
Conclusions
A majority of studies have observed an impact of EI on academic performance of health sciences
undergraduates; however almost all the studies were cross sectional and considered only the
performance at a given time. Therefore, this association needs to be tested in larger samples followed
up for the entire period of study.
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