Shadows and Lights: Perspectives of Training and Education in Neurosurgery for Undergraduate Students.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Neurosurgical education should start during medical school to involve more students, favoring the recruitment of the most prepared and motivated ones and spreading this subject to the future medical generations. Despite multiple investigations, a dedicated educational plan does not exist. This study aims to assess the undergraduates' interests, needs, and perceptions of this subject.

Materials and methods

The survey was structured to collect demographic data of the participants, and to explore their interest in neurosurgery, their consideration of its importance in medical school, their opinions about the role of this subject in medical education, their needs in this training, and, the usefulness of this subject for their future career.

Results

A total of

SUBMITTER: Zoli M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9160662 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature