Medical students’ responses to questions regarding their attitude toward neurology according to year level.
| Questions | 4th year n=140 (33.2%) | 5th year n=68 (16.1%) | 6th year n=227 (53.8%) | Intern n=49 (11.6%) | P-value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disagree % | Mean score | Disagree % | Mean score | Disagree % | Mean score | Disagree % | Mean score | ||
| My neurology teaching experience is strong | 16.4 | 2.4 | 32.4 | 2.1 | 41.2 | 1.8 | 22.9 | 2.3 | <0.001 |
| I consider neurology a future career option | 17.9 | 2.5 | 24.2 | 2.4 | 45.7 | 1.9 | 47.9 | 1.9 | <0.001 |
| Neurological signs are difficult to elicit consistently | 10.8 | 2.3 | 22.4 | 2.1 | 23.3 | 2.2 | 12.5 | 2.3 | 0.094 |
| In neurology, limited treatments are available | 11.0 | 2.5 | 25.0 | 2.3 | 17.0 | 2.5 | 12.8 | 2.8 | 0.064 |
| Neurological diseases are complicated and difficult | 7.1 | 2.7 | 13.4 | 2.5 | 9.2 | 2.6 | 6.4 | 2.6 | 0.636 |
| Neurological disorders are challenging and interesting | 5.1 | 3.2 | 7.6 | 3.2 | 13.4 | 2.8 | 6.5 | 3.0 | 0.007 |
| Patients are uncooperative and difficult to examine | 15.8 | 2.3 | 25.4 | 2.2 | 19.6 | 2.3 | 27.7 | 2.1 | 0.613 |
| Most neurological diseases have poor outcome | 13.5 | 2.4 | 17.6 | 2.4 | 10.4 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 0.031 |
| Dealing with patients with neurological disorders is more difficult emotionally than non-neurologic diseases | 11.0 | 2.6 | 14.7 | 2.7 | 15.2 | 2.6 | 8.3 | 2.9 | 0.435 |
| Neurology requires a very long training time | 3.6 | 3.2 | 8.8 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 8.3 | 2.9 | 0.177 |
| My knowledge in Neurology is sufficient | 32.6 | 1.9 | 50.0 | 1.7 | 49.4 | 1.7 | 39.6 | 1.9 | 0.076 |
| Neurology is difficult | 13.1 | 2.6 | 13.2 | 2.5 | 13.4 | 2.5 | 25.5 | 2.3 | 0.660 |