ArticleRevista de neurologia2023
Neurophobia among undergraduate medical students: a European experience beyond the Anglosphere.
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- Education Research: Explaining Neurophobia in Medical Students: A Comparison With Math Anxiety.Neurology. Education · 2026Article
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- Education Research: Validity and Reliability of the Neurophobia-Combined Measure (NCM) in Irish Medical Students.Neurology. Education · 2026Article
- Confidence in the neurological examination and exam avoidance among medical residents.PloS one · 2026Article
- From Neurophobia to Neuroanxiety: An Opportune Review of Its Definition and Impact on Neurology Educators and Learners.Neurology. Education · 2025Article
- Unveiling neurophobia: exploring factors influencing medical students, residents and non-neurologist physicians globally and its implications on neurology care - a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ neurology open · 2025Article
- The value of case reports.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2025Article
- Neurophobia among resident physicians in the emergency service.Revista de neurologia · 2023Article
- Neurology teaching difficulties and the academic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. Reply.Revista de neurologia · 2023Article
- Neurology teaching difficulties and the academic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic.Revista de neurologia · 2023Article
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Abstract
introductionNeurophobia is defined as the fear of the neural sciences and clinical neurology that is due to the students' inability to apply their knowledge of basic sciences to clinical situations. This phenomenon, well documented in the Anglosphere, has seldom been studied in other European countries and never in our country. Our study aimed to determine whether said fear existed among Spanish medical students. MATERIAL AND
methodsA self-administered questionnaire with 18 items was sent to medical students in the second, fourth and sixth years of medical school at a Spanish university during the academic years 2020-2021 and 2021-2022. They were questioned about their fears regarding neurology and neurosciences, causes and potential solutions.
resultsOut of 320 responses, 34.1% suffered from neurophobia and only 31.2% felt confident they knew what neurologists do. Despite Neurology being considered the most difficult discipline, it did also arouse the most interest among the students. Main reasons identified for neurophobia were too theoretical lectures (59.4%), neuroanatomy (47.8%), and a lack of integration between neuroscience subjects (39.5%). Solutions considered most important by the students to reverse this situation went along those lines.
conclusionNeurophobia is prevalent among Spanish medical students too. Having identified the teaching methodology as one of its fundamental causes, neurologists have the opportunity and obligation to reverse this situation. We should strive for more proactive involvement of neurologists at earlier stages of medical education.
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