Table 2 Items on Likert scale
From: Medical students’ perception toward neurosurgery as a career: a cross-sectional study
Disagree agree | (Likert 2–4) | |
|---|---|---|
My neurosurgery teaching is adequate | 66 (35.7%) | 119 (64.3%) |
I consider neurosurgery as a career option | 81 (43.8%) | 104 (56.2%) |
Neurosurgical history is difficult to obtain | 31 (16.8%) | 154 (83.2%) |
Neurosurgical signs are difficult to elicit | 51 (27.6%) | 134 (72.4%) |
Limited interventions are available in neurosurgery | 46 (24.9%) | 139 (75.1%) |
Neurosurgical illnesses are complicated and difficult | 8 (4.3%) | 177 (95.7%) |
Neurosurgical illnesses are challenging and interesting | 8 (4.3%) | 177 (95.7%) |
Most Neurosurgical illnesses have poor outcomes | 13 (7.0%) | 172 (93.0%) |
Neurosurgery requires a long training period | 1 (0.5%) | 184 (99.5%) |
Neurosurgery involves long operating hours | 0 (0.0%) | 185 (100.0%) |
Huge prestige and income is attached to neurosurgery | 7 (3.8%) | 178 (96.2%) |
Neurosurgery can impede family life | 14 (7.6%) | 171 (92.4%) |
Neurosurgery training in Pakistan is too prolonged | 7 (3.8%) | 178 (96.2%) |
Neurosurgery training centers in Pakistan are few | 2 (1.1%) | 183 (98.9%) |
Future job opportunities will be limited | 58 (31.4%) | 127 (68.6%) |