Background:

the Social Work in Health professional requires a training that enhances their emotional intelligence to face and offer solutions to problems that will be addressed in a continuous way in the exercise of their work.

Objective:

to characterize the command of emotional intelligence of future professionals of Social Work in health.

Methods:

a descriptive longitudinal research was carried out in the Faculty of Technology and Nursing of Villa Clara University of Medical Sciences, from January 2017 to December 2018. Theoretical methods were used: analysis-synthesis, inductive-deductive and historical-logical; empirical: scientific observation and the survey in the form of a questionnaire; and mathematical-statistics for the analysis of absolute and relative frequencies.

Results:

the most affected components of emotional intelligence turned out to be motivation and self-regulation; and within them, the indicators: self-confidence, self-control, innovation, adaptation, commitment, initiative, optimism, communication and leadership; the least affected: emotional awareness, adequate self-assessment, reliability, integrity, achievement motivation, influence, conflict management, change catalysis, bonding, collaboration and understanding, and team skills.

Conclusions:

the command of emotional intelligence was characterized in the future professionals of Social Work in health, and it was confirmed the need to offer a systematic attention to the students with lacks in their emotional development, in order to achieve graduates able to carry out their social work.

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