Emotional Intelligence in Engineering Management Education: The Missing Priority

This chapter aims to increase understanding of how engineering students can benefit from integrating emotional intelligence (EI) into engineering curricula at universities. In particular, it explores the nature of EI and argues for the greater use of EI within engineering education, but also considers the challenges of placing an emphasis on EI within this field. The chapter makes recommendations for how EI skills can be incorporated into engineering education and how universities can seize the opportunity to shape the modern engineer and advance the standing of engineering in the future. The chapter's contribution lies in raising awareness not just about the benefits of integrating EI within engineering education, but also on the challenges that an empathetic behaviour entail. The authors argue that university education needs to be able to prepare graduates with engineering fundamentals and also for success and actual on-the-job EI skills

Che cosa ostacola l’implementazione di competenze specialistiche per l’infermiere?: La prospettiva degli infermieri clinici: uno studio esplorativo e descrittivo

ABSTRACT Introduction The modern paradigms of personalized care and the current economic crisis lead to new challenges for Italian nursing, as the implementation of nurse specialist competencies\u2019 development models. The aim is to investigate which factors hinder the implementation of these models. Methods A two-phase study has been conducted. In the first phase, with a qualitative-exploratory design, was conducted a focus group to discuss about what hinder the implementation of nurse specialist competencies\u2019 development models. In the second phase, with a descriptive, quantitative and cross-sectional design, an ad hoc self-report questionnaire was created (based on focus group report) and administered to a sample of nurses of two hospital in Milan. Results The focus group revealed five major themes: the uncertainty in the competence recognition; the critical issues within education and practice; the generational turnover difficulties and the conflicts. The questionnaire explored three types of barriers: the area of culture, the recognition and the practice. The tool has good validity and reliability. The main barriers emerged from the data analysis were the lack of economic incentives, the work overload, the gap between theory and practice and the regulatory process. Conclusions The results highlight the main nurse\u2019s intra-professionally perceived barriers toward the implementation of nurse specialist competencies\u2019 development models. This study could support further discussions and reflections

A study of the effect of molecular and aerosol conditions in the atmosphere on air fluorescence measurements at the Pierre Auger Observatory

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