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The career impact of the National Undergraduate Neuroanatomy Competition

The career impact of the National Undergraduate Neuroanatomy Competition
The career impact of the National Undergraduate Neuroanatomy Competition
BACKGROUND: Neurosurgery is a notoriously difficult career to enter and requires medical students to engage in extracurricular activities to demonstrate their commitment to the specialty. The National Undergraduate Neuroanatomy Competition (NUNC) was established in 2013 as a means for students to display this commitment as well as academic ability.
METHODS: A bespoke 22-item questionnaire was designed to determine career outcomes and the role of competition attendance in job applications. It was distributed using the SurveyMonkey website to the 87 attendees at the 2013 and 2014 competitions.
RESULTS: Responses were received by 40 competitors (response rate, 46.0%). Twenty-four responders (60.0%) intended to pursue a career in either neurosurgery (n = 18) or neurology (n = 6). This included 10 responders (25.0%) who had successfully entered either neurosurgery (n = 9) or neurology (n = 1). The performance of these 10 was significantly better than the other responders (57.0 ± 13.6% vs. 46.5 ± 13.5% [n = 30]; P = 0.036). Seventeen responders (42.5%) either included their attendance at NUNC in a post-Foundation job application or intend to.
CONCLUSIONS: The NUNC provides the opportunity for medical students to demonstrate their interest in neurosurgery. It has the potential to be used as a tool for recognizing medical students suitable for neurosurgery training.
Awards and Prizes, Career Choice, Humans, Neuroanatomy, Neurosurgery, Professional Competence, Students, Medical
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Hall, Samuel, Stephens, Jonny R, Myers, Matthew A, Elmansouri, Ahmad, Geoghegan, Kate, Harrison, Charlotte H, Nagy, Eva, Anbu, Deepika, Parton, William J C, Payne, December R, Seaby, Eleanor and Border, Scott (2020) The career impact of the National Undergraduate Neuroanatomy Competition. World Neurosurgery, 133 (1), e535-e539. (doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2019.09.086).

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Neurosurgery is a notoriously difficult career to enter and requires medical students to engage in extracurricular activities to demonstrate their commitment to the specialty. The National Undergraduate Neuroanatomy Competition (NUNC) was established in 2013 as a means for students to display this commitment as well as academic ability.
METHODS: A bespoke 22-item questionnaire was designed to determine career outcomes and the role of competition attendance in job applications. It was distributed using the SurveyMonkey website to the 87 attendees at the 2013 and 2014 competitions.
RESULTS: Responses were received by 40 competitors (response rate, 46.0%). Twenty-four responders (60.0%) intended to pursue a career in either neurosurgery (n = 18) or neurology (n = 6). This included 10 responders (25.0%) who had successfully entered either neurosurgery (n = 9) or neurology (n = 1). The performance of these 10 was significantly better than the other responders (57.0 ± 13.6% vs. 46.5 ± 13.5% [n = 30]; P = 0.036). Seventeen responders (42.5%) either included their attendance at NUNC in a post-Foundation job application or intend to.
CONCLUSIONS: The NUNC provides the opportunity for medical students to demonstrate their interest in neurosurgery. It has the potential to be used as a tool for recognizing medical students suitable for neurosurgery training.

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Accepted/In Press date: 16 September 2019
e-pub ahead of print date: 25 September 2019
Published date: 1 January 2020
Additional Information: Copyright © 2019 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Keywords: Awards and Prizes, Career Choice, Humans, Neuroanatomy, Neurosurgery, Professional Competence, Students, Medical

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Local EPrints ID: 470153
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/470153
ISSN: 1878-8750
PURE UUID: 5a13e50b-d110-4820-bf52-8c220ea5ba4e
ORCID for Eleanor Seaby: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-6814-8648

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Author: Samuel Hall
Author: Jonny R Stephens
Author: Matthew A Myers
Author: Ahmad Elmansouri
Author: Kate Geoghegan
Author: Charlotte H Harrison
Author: Eva Nagy
Author: Deepika Anbu
Author: William J C Parton
Author: December R Payne
Author: Eleanor Seaby ORCID iD
Author: Scott Border

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