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Daniel S Marín Medina, Natalia Escobar-Sepúlveda, Jorge A Sánchez-Duque
Resumen Las enfermedades neurológicas son altamente prevalentes, con alta carga de morbimortalidad y compromiso de la calidad de vida. Se requieren profesionales de la salud con entrenamiento en neurología para su atención. La educación médica se encuentra frente al desafío de la neurofobia, caracterizada por médicos no neurólogos que temen enfrentar al paciente con enfermedad neurológica, hasta el punto de no intentar hacer una aproximación diagnóstica, omitir el examen neurológico o iniciar la remisión precoz al neurólogo. Existen cuestionarios para identificar la neurofobia, la cual está presente hasta en la mitad de los estudiantes de medicina. La neurofobia configura un llamado urgente a la educación médica. Neurological diseases are highly prevalent, with a high burden of morbidity, mortality and quality of life compromised. Physicians with neurology training are required. Medical education is confronted with the challenge of neurophobia, characterized by non-neurologist doctors who are afraid to care for the neurological pathology, to the point of not attempting to make a diagnostic approach, omitting the neurological examination or initiating early referral to the neurologist. There are questionnaires to identify neurophobia, which is present in up to half of medical students. Neurophobia constitutes an urgent call for medical education.
Neurological diseases are highly prevalent, with a high burden of morbidity, mortality and quality of life compromised. Physicians with neurology training are required.
Medical education is confronted with the challenge of neurophobia, characterized by nonneurologist doctors who are afraid to care for the neurological pathology, to the point of not attempting to make a diagnostic approach, omitting the neurological examination or initiating early referral to the neurologist. There are questionnaires to identify neurophobia, which is present in up to half of medical students. Neurophobia constitutes an urgent call for medical education
