Table 2 Reasons for Neurology being perceived as a difficult subject
From: Neurophobia among medical students and non-specialist doctors in Sri Lanka
Mean Score (±SD) | ||
|---|---|---|
Medical Students | Non-specialist Doctors | |
The need to know basic neuro-anatomy | 3.05 (±1.04) | 3.15 (±0.91) |
Being a complex subject | 2.79 (±1.02) | 2.67 (±1.00) |
Having a complex clinical examination | 2.69 (±1.04) | 2.98 (±0.78) |
Having large number of complex and rare diagnosis | 2.60 (±1.09) | 2.57 (±0.92) |
Not having enough teaching time | 2.57 (±1.12) | 2.23 (±1.19) |
Being poorly taught | 2.20 (±1.19) | 2.13 (±1.22) |
Having a reputation of being difficult | 2.14 (±1.16) | 1.71 (±0.99) |
Not having definitive curative treatment in most instances | 1.93 (±1.14) | 1.77 (±1.12) |