&gt; emotional honesty, self awareness and the ability to equally lead and follow. This cannot be taught. Emotions are traits.<p>At the very least - [citation needed]. The medical community seems to disagree on that when it comes to teaching self awareness, at least for the majority of students[1][2].<p>I&#x27;m not sure what you mean by &quot;emotional honesty&quot;, so it&#x27;s hard to reply to that. If that&#x27;s the equivalent of emotional intelligence - yes, that is teachable. Quite well.<p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bpsmedicine.msu.edu&#x2F;pdf&#x2F;22-%20%20ctstudypstrng.pdf" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bpsmedicine.msu.edu&#x2F;pdf&#x2F;22-%20%20ctstudypstrng.pd...</a>
[2] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.aacp.org&#x2F;resources&#x2F;education&#x2F;cape&#x2F;Documents&#x2F;Habits%20of%20the%20Mind&#x2F;2005%20Enhancing_Self_Awareness_in_Medical_Students.pdf" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.aacp.org&#x2F;resources&#x2F;education&#x2F;cape&#x2F;Documents&#x2F;Habit...</a>