دورية أكاديمية
Neurophobia in medical students and junior doctors--blame the GIK.
| العنوان: | Neurophobia in medical students and junior doctors--blame the GIK. |
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| المؤلفون: | Kam KQ; Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore., Tan GS, Tan K, Lim EC, Koh NY, Tan NC |
| المصدر: | Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore [Ann Acad Med Singap] 2013 Nov; Vol. 42 (11), pp. 559-66. |
| نوع المنشور: | Journal Article |
| اللغة: | English |
| بيانات الدورية: | Publisher: Academy Of Medicine, Singapore Country of Publication: Singapore NLM ID: 7503289 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 2972-4066 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 03044602 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Ann Acad Med Singap Subsets: MEDLINE |
| أسماء مطبوعة: | Publication: Singapore : Academy Of Medicine, Singapore Original Publication: Singapore. |
| مواضيع طبية MeSH: | Medical Staff, Hospital* , Students, Medical*, Attitude of Health Personnel ; Humans ; Neurology ; Physicians ; Surveys and Questionnaires |
| مستخلص: | Introduction: We aimed to create a definition of neurophobia, and determine its prevalence and educational risk factors amongst medical students and junior doctors in Singapore. Materials and Methods: We surveyed medical students and junior doctors in a general hospital using electronic and paper questionnaires. We asked about knowledge, interest, perceived difficulty in neurology, and confidence in managing neurology patients compared to 7 other internal medicine specialties; quality and quantity of undergraduate and postgraduate neuroscience teaching, clinical neurology exposure, and postgraduate qualifications. Neurophobia was defined as ≤4 composite score of difficulty and confidence with neurology. Results: One hundred and fifty-eight medical students (63.5%) and 131 junior doctors (73.2%) responded to the questionnaire. Neurophobia prevalence was 47.5% in medical students, highest amongst all medical subspecialties, and 36.6% in junior doctors. Multivariate analysis revealed that for medical students, female gender (OR 3.0, 95% CI, 1.3 to 6.7), low interest (OR 2.5, 95% CI, 1.0 to 6.2), low knowledge (OR 10.1, 95% CI, 4.5 to 22.8), and lack of clinical teaching by a neurologist (OR 2.8, 95% CI, 1.2 to 6.6) independently increased the risk of neurophobia. For doctors, low interest (OR 3.0, 95% CI, 1.3 to 7.0) and low knowledge (OR 2.7, 95% CI, 1.2 to 6.2) independently increased the risk of neurophobia, and female gender was of borderline significance (OR 2.0, 95% CI, 0.9 to 4.6). Conclusion: Neurophobia is highly prevalent amongst Singapore medical students and junior doctors. Low interest and knowledge are independent risk factors shared by both groups; female gender may also be a shared risk factor. The mnemonic GIK (Gender, Interest, Knowledge) identifies the risk factors to mitigate when planning teaching strategies to reduce neurophobia. |
| تواريخ الأحداث: | Date Created: 20131221 Date Completed: 20160422 Latest Revision: 20200825 |
| رمز التحديث: | 20240628 |
| PMID: | 24356651 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | MEDLINE |
| تدمد: | 2972-4066 |
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