Specializing in Neurosurgery – perception of medical students’ and significant factors influencing

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Bedanta Roy
Indrajit Banerjee
Brijesh Sathian

Abstract

Background


Neurosurgery is an important area of Medical Science. Nervous system is connected with different other systems of the body – plays a vital role in integration. Unfortunately relatively less number of students willing to join in the field. Hence the present study was undertaken to find out the determinants for the choice of Neurosurgery for the future career specialization.


Methods


The present questionnaire based study was done in Manipal College of Medical Sciences, Pokhara in Nepal. 269 students answered the questionnaire completely and correctly, giving an overall response rate of 79.58%.


 Results


There are several factors found vital for medical students for neurosurgery. Routine work (25.28%), diversity of work (19.66%) was most significant followed by team work, long relation with patients (12.92%), communication skills (6.74%) etc.


Conclusion


We found several factors played crucial role for the choice of Neurosurgery. Students should attend Neurosurgery clinics to get interest in the subject. Different practical oriented aspects like neurophysiological procedures and interventional neurology they need to read more.

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How to Cite
Roy, B., Banerjee, I., & Sathian, B. (2017). Specializing in Neurosurgery – perception of medical students’ and significant factors influencing. Medical Science, 5(1), 2-5. https://doi.org/10.29387/ms.2017.5.1.2-5
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Author Biographies

Bedanta Roy, Faculty of Medicine, Quest International University Perak, No. 227, Plaza Teh Teng Seng (level 2), Jalan Raja Permaisuri Bainun, 30250 Ipoh, Perak Darul Ridzuan, Malaysia

Senior Lecturer, Department of Physiology

Indrajit Banerjee, Chitwan Medical College, Bharatpur-10, Chitwan, Nepal

Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology

Brijesh Sathian, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar

Academic Research Associate, Trauma Surgery

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