• Rimas V Lukas, Brian Cooper, Ivy Morgan, James R Brorson, Hongmei Dong, and Renslow Sherer.
• Department of Neurology, Section of Infectious Diseases and Global Health, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Electronic address: rlukas@neurology.bsd.uchicago.edu.
• World Neurosurg. 2014 Sep 1;82(3-4):266-9.

BackgroundNeurophobia is a well-described phenomenon among medical students in many countries. Little is reported concerning the perceptions of neurosciences among medical students in China.MethodsWe surveyed senior medical students in Wuhan, China, on their perceptions of neuroscience.ResultsStudents' self-assessments of knowledge in various specialties ranked neurology low, but not the lowest. Students' confidence in diagnosing neurological patients and managing neurological patients demonstrated significant correlation. A positive correlation was noted between confidence in these clinical parameters and the likelihood of specializing in neurology. Students reported bedside teaching and small group sessions as having the greatest value in learning neurology.ConclusionsThe low, but not the lowest ranking of self-perceived knowledge in neurology by medical students in Wuhan, China, differs from findings reported in other countries. In this exploratory study the investigators hypothesize that the well-described phenomenon of neurophobia may exhibit a less pronounced influence in Wuhan, China.Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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