Medical students’ responses to questions regarding their attitude toward neurology according to gender.
| Questions | Male n=195 (46.2%) | Female n=227 (53.8%) | P-value | Total N=422 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disagree % | Mean score | Disagree % | Mean score | Disagree % | Mean score | ||
| My neurology teaching experience is strong | 27.2 | 2.2 | 31.7 | 2.0 | 0.573 | 29.6 | 2.1 |
| I consider neurology a future career option | 27.2 | 2.3 | 38.8 | 2.1 | 0.002 | 33.2 | 2.2 |
| Neurological signs are difficult to elicit consistently | 11.9 | 2.3 | 22.7 | 2.1 | 0.025 | 17.5 | 2.2 |
| In neurology, limited treatments are available | 13.5 | 2.6 | 17.9 | 2.5 | 0.137 | 15.4 | 2.5 |
| Neurological diseases are complicated and difficult | 8.7 | 2.7 | 9.0 | 2.6 | 0.633 | 8.8 | 2.6 |
| Neurological disorders are challenging and interesting | 10.0 | 3.0 | 8.1 | 3.0 | 0.381 | 8.8 | 3.0 |
| Patients are uncooperative and difficult to examine | 22.2 | 2.3 | 18.4 | 2.2 | 0.112 | 19.9 | 2.2 |
| Most neurological diseases have poor outcome | 11.2 | 2.6 | 12.1 | 2.5 | 0.298 | 11.4 | 2.5 |
| Dealing with patients with neurological disorders is more difficult emotionally than non-neurologic diseases | 11.5 | 2.7 | 14.1 | 2.6 | 0.123 | 12.8 | 2.7 |
| Neurology requires a very long training time | 5.2 | 3.1 | 4.4 | 3.1 | 0.968 | 4.7 | 3.1 |
| My knowledge in Neurology is sufficient | 37.6 | 1.9 | 47.6 | 1.7 | 0.159 | 42.7 | 1.8 |
| Neurology is difficult | 10.9 | 2.6 | 17.8 | 2.4 | 0.114 | 14.5 | 2.5 |