Initiatives to reduce neurophobia in medical students: a novel neuroscience conference model

Burford, Charlotte; Pasha, Terouz; Iyer, Priyanka; Rupawala, Huzefa; Andreica, Elena-Cristina; Huett, Marian

doi:10.1016/j.jns.2019.01.042

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“…proposed alternate teaching models usually target medical students during the neurology clinical clerkship 11,12,15,[18][19][20][21][22][23][24] . Furthermore, many existing scales have not ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT 4 been properly validated and some include questions not directly related to neurophobia 16 .…”

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NeuroQ: A neurophobia screening tool assesses how roleplay challenges neurophobia

McGovern

Louapre

Cassereau

et al. 2021

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

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Background: Neurophobia is a chronic disease of medical students and junior doctors.Early detection is needed to facilitate prevention and management as this fear can negatively impact patient care. Methods: We conducted a two-part mono-centric study at the faculty of Medicine, Sorbonne University, in Paris. Part one: a cross-sectional study to validate a newly constructed neurophobia scale, NeuroQ. Part two: a prospective longitudinal study to assess the impact of The Move on student neurophobia using NeuroQ. A populationbased sample of second-year medical students of the 2019 and 2020 class of the Faculty of Medicine of Sorbonne University were invited to participate. Results: NeuroQ incorporates the main themes of the neurophobia definition and demonstrates uni-dimensionality. Three hundred and ninety-five medical students participated in the study (mean age was 20.0 years, SD: 2.1 years) assessing the effect of The Move teaching on neurophobia. Two hundred and eighty-eight (72.9%) students were female. After the Move teaching the mean NeuroQ score was significantly lower compared to the baseline NeuroQ score (mean [SD] variation, -1.1 [2.6], p < 0.001).There was a 22.3% relative reduction in the number of neurophobic students after The Move teaching.

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confidence: 99%

NeuroQ: A neurophobia screening tool assesses how roleplay challenges neurophobia

McGovern

Louapre

Cassereau

et al. 2021

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

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“…For instance, some features inherent to neurology (e.g., heterogeneity of neurological disorders and a prerequisite of understanding neuroanatomy) combined with limited time dedicated to the course remained important contributors of the perceived complexity of this area of medicine. They may potentially be countered by immersive neuroanatomy teaching, gami cation of learning techniques as well as extracurricular initiatives helping familiarize with the rich variety of sub elds within neurological sciences [11][12][13][14]. Our data suggest that students prioritize clear and creative ways of presenting information over the relevance of the material itself or even their active involvement during the course.…”

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Perception of neurology among undergraduate medical students – what can be done to counter neurophobia during clinical studies?

Jukna

Puteikis

Mameniškienė

2023

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Background and purpose With a global increase in the burden of neurological diseases, the aversion towards neurology (neurophobia) may challenge sufficient provision of new specialists in this field. We investigated the possible determinants of neurophobia among medical students and its influence on the intent to pursue neurology residency. Methods From September 2021 to March 2022, an online questionnaire was distributed to medical students in Lithuania. It included questions about knowledge, confidence, interest, and teaching quality of various medical specialties (including neurology), as well as the willingness to choose neurology for residency. Results Eight hundred fifty-two students responded to the survey (77.2% female) – they rated neurology as significantly more difficult than other medical areas and lacked confidence in assessing patients with neurological problems (p<0.001). However, neurology was selected as one of the most interesting subjects and was reportedly well-taught. The prevalence of neurophobia among respondents was 58.9%. Most of them (207, 87.7%) indicated that neurology professors positively affected their outlook towards this medical specialty – such experience was associated with lower odds of neurophobia (odds ratio (OR)=0.383, 95% confidence interval (CI)=0.223 to 0.658). Being less neurophobic (OR=1.785, 95% CI=1.152 to 2.767) and having conducted neurology research (OR=2.072, 95% CI=1.145 to 3.747) increased the odds of a student being willing to pursue a career in neurology. Conclusion Neurophobia was frequent among students in Lithuania and was inversely related to positive influence by neurology professors. Together with previous research experience in the field, low levels of neurophobia were associated with the inclination to enter neurology residency.

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“…For instance, some features inherent to neurology (e.g., heterogeneity of neurological disorders and a prerequisite of understanding neuroanatomy) combined with limited time dedicated to the course remained important contributors of the perceived complexity of this area of medicine. They may potentially be countered by immersive neuroanatomy teaching, gamification of learning techniques as well as extracurricular initiatives helping familiarize with the rich variety of subfields within neurological sciences [ 14 – 17 ]. Our data suggests that students prioritize clear and creative ways of presenting information over the relevance of the material itself or even their active involvement during the course.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Perception of neurology among undergraduate medical students – what can be done to counter neurophobia during clinical studies?

2023

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Background and purpose With a global increase in the burden of neurological diseases, the aversion towards neurology (neurophobia) may challenge the sufficient provision of new specialists in this field. We investigated the possible determinants of neurophobia among medical students and its influence on the intent to pursue neurology residency. Methods From September 2021 to March 2022, an online questionnaire was distributed to medical students in Lithuania. It included questions about knowledge, confidence, interest, and teaching quality of various medical specialties (including neurology), as well as the willingness to choose neurology for residency. Results Eight hundred fifty-two students responded to the survey (77.2% female) – they rated neurology as significantly more difficult than other medical areas and lacked confidence in assessing patients with neurological problems (p < 0.001). However, neurology was selected as one of the most interesting subjects and was reportedly well-taught. The prevalence of neurophobia among respondents was 58.9%. Most of them (207, 87.7%) indicated that neurology professors positively affected their outlook towards this medical specialty – such experience was associated with lower odds of neurophobia (odds ratio (OR) = 0.383, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 0.223 to 0.658). Being less neurophobic (OR = 1.785, 95% CI = 1.152 to 2.767) and having conducted neurology research (OR = 2.072, 95% CI = 1.145 to 3.747) increased the odds of a student being willing to pursue a career in neurology. Conclusion Neurophobia was frequent among students in Lithuania and was inversely related to the positive influence by neurology professors. Together with previous research experience in the field, low levels of neurophobia were associated with the inclination to enter neurology residency.

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Initiatives to reduce neurophobia in medical students: a novel neuroscience conference model

Cited by 4 publications

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NeuroQ: A neurophobia screening tool assesses how roleplay challenges neurophobia

NeuroQ: A neurophobia screening tool assesses how roleplay challenges neurophobia

Perception of neurology among undergraduate medical students – what can be done to counter neurophobia during clinical studies?

Perception of neurology among undergraduate medical students – what can be done to counter neurophobia during clinical studies?

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