Resumen

MACAYA SANDOVAL, Ximena; VERGARA -BARRA, Pablo  y  RUBI G, Patricia. Emotional competence: a supplementary subject in dentistry major's syllabus. Rev Hum Med [online]. 2018, vol.18, n.1, pp.109-121. ISSN 1727-8120.

This paper contains the results of a bibliographical review which was carried out aiming at establishing the importance of developing emotional competence in health professionals' training, especially on the dentistry area; providing that this specialty is one of the most stressful. The educational process might be at the root of this situation, since students experience high levels of anxiety or stress during their training. Emotional competence is understood as the group of knowledge, abilities and attitudes needed to understand, express and regulate emotional phenomena. In conclusion, this review enabled to demonstrate how the inclusion of emotional competence in dentistry major's syllabus would have an influence on student's psychological well-being.

Palabras clave : dentistry; emotional competence; psychological well-being.

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