Perception of medical students toward neurology

• Published in: Journal of the neurological sciences 2019-10, Vol.405, p.53-53
• Main Authors: Hussein, A., Abbashar, H., Siddig, A., Abbasher, K. Mohamed Ahmed, Abbashar, M., Aldar, M.M., Alsedig, Y., AlHusseini, R. Tofaha, Ahmed, A., Fadelalla, M.A., Salih, R.A.S., Ibrahim, E., Alwalid, M.A., Ibrahim, M.I., Hamza, S., Yahya, S.A., Hassan, R.M.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• ISSN: 0022-510X; 1878-5883
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2019.10.523

Neurology is a branch of medicine concerned with the study and treatment of disorders of the nervous system. To see the perception of Sudanese medical students towards neurology. About 300 medical students from 24 Sudanese medical colleges were involved in the study. A questionnaire including 17 questions Male to female ratio 1:2, 33% are interested in neurology; most of the students (78%) have good knowledge about neurology. 80% think that neurology is difficult. 20% considers neurology as a future career option. 86% think that neurological signs difficult to detect. 33% think that neurological disease can be treated in spite of being complicated. 90% think that neurological cases are challenging and interesting. 60% think that neurological patients are uncooperative and difficult to examine. Almost 70% think that the majority of neurological disease have poor prognosis. Regarding neurological teaching 90% prefer rounds, 70% lectures, 60% videos, 50% tutorials .Almost 80% prefer to examine patient in private room and 20% in general ward. About 80% thinks that the difficult part of neurology is movement disorders. Recommendations: Revolution of the style of teaching of neurology should be considered by neurologist.