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Relational Intelligence: A Framework To Enhance Interprofessional Collaborative Care, Elizabeth Ekole
Relational Intelligence: A Framework To Enhance Interprofessional Collaborative Care, Elizabeth Ekole
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Many studies have reported that the training for practitioners does not stimulate reflexes that contribute to the tenets of teamwork and collaboration. No studies were found to investigate relational intelligence (RQ) in pharmacist-physician relationships as a catalyst for collaborative and hence cost effective quality care. This study addressed the role and potential opportunity to promote RQ as a critical leadership skill in the collaboration between pharmacists and physicians. Using RQ as the conceptual framework, this phenomenological study explored how pharmacists and physicians in a hospital setting perceive RQ as a leadership skill when working collaboratively. A total of 10 participants …