医学学生中的神经恐惧症:作或现实
Suzanne Murphy1,2, Emily Carey3, Lena Dablouk4
1Department of Neurosurgery, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
Brain & spine
|December 17, 2024
概括
世界各地的医学学生经历神经恐惧症,对神经学和神经外科手术的恐惧. 这种恐惧源于复杂的神经解剖学和神经病理学,通常由负面的临床经验加剧.
科学领域:
- 医学教育 医学教育
- 神经学 神经学
- 神经外科 神经外科
背景情况:
- 神经恐惧症是对神经学和神经外科手术的恐惧,在医学学生和初级医生中很普遍.
- 了解神经恐惧症的起源和范围对于解决这些专业的职业选择至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查全球医学学生中神经恐惧症的患病率和促成因素.
- 为了确定神经恐惧症是根深蒂固的信念还是学习的行为.
主要方法:
- 开发了一个问卷来评估医学学生对神经病学和神经外科专业的看法.
- 调查领域包括职业考虑,对神经解剖学/病理学的信心,专家的感知特征以及神经职业生涯的障碍.
主要成果:
- 来自14个国家的264名医学学生参加了比赛,其中大多数来自爱尔兰医学院.
- 58%的人认为神经学令人恐惧,80%的人认为神经外科令人恐惧.
- 神经恐惧症不受地区,年龄或性别的限制.
结论:
- 神经恐惧症是一种全球现象,不局限于特定的人口统计.
- 主要的驱动因素是神经解剖学和神经病理学的感知复杂性.
- 负面的临床经验可能会加剧现有的恐惧,并阻止学生从事神经学或神经外科手术.
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