Background. For many patients, the doctors' empathy is just as important as their clinical experience. Objectives. The goal of this paper is to describe the level of emotional intelligence and attachment styles of medical students and health science students. another aim is to describe the differences between the emotional intelligence and attachment styles of male and female students. Material and methods. 328 students of the Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Health science of the Pomeranian Medical university of szczecin, Poland, took part in the research. emotional intelligence was assessed with the use of the schutte self report emotional intelligence Test (sseiT). The attachment styles were assessed with the use of the relationship Questionnaire (rQ) -an adaptation of Hazan & shaver's adult attachment Questionnaire. Results. The students of the Faculty of Medicine showed a lower level of emotional intelligence in comparison to the students of the Faculty of Health science. generally, all students with a secure attachment style who participated in the research manifested a higher level of emotional intelligence. according to expectations, females obtained a higher level of emotional intelligence than males. Conclusions. students of the Faculty of Medicine shall be introduced to psychological prevention with special emphasis on developing emotional relations with others. Key words: emotional intelligence, physicians, medical students, medical education, professional role.

A -study Design, B -Data collection, C -statistical analysis, d -Data interpretation, E -Manuscript Preparation, F -literature Search, G -Funds collection Background. Family physicians cooperate in the treatment process, not only with patients, but also with other medical professionals. there is no doubt that their psychological competency, such as communication skills and emotional intelligence, are just as important as their clinical experience. Objectives. the aim of the present study was to identify the difficulties that family physicians encountered in working with patients, as well as with their work-related emotions. Material and methods. a total of 36 physicians in the final year of specialisation in family medicine were engaged in the research. Results. Family physicians reveal that dealing with aggressive patients, setting boundaries with patients and motivating them to treatment were the hardest for them in their work. there are specific psychological difficulties experienced by family physicians (e.g. helplessness of self-limitation, disharmony between experienced feelings and beliefs about the duty of a doctor, contradictory attitudes towards patient autonomy). the way to prepare for the professional role of a physician leads to the reinforcement of strict injunctions and prohibitions on the performance. consequently, this leads to the development of ineffective strategies to build relationships with the patients and also deal with physicians' own emotions.Conclusions. the present study may be helpful for the development of a set of psychological tools useful for solving problems raised by the family physicians in the intra-and interpersonal area and during specialisation training. SummaryISSN 1734-3402, eISSN 2449-8580 this is an Open access article distributed under the terms of the creative commons attribution-noncommercial-sharealike 4.0 international (cc By-nc-sa 4.0). license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/). Bankiewicz-nakielska J, walkiewicz M, tyszkiewicz-Bandur M. Family physicians' problems with patients and own limitations -a qualitative study. Fam Med Prim Care Rev 2020; 22(1): 18-21, doi: https://doi.