Introduction:

Neurophobia is the perception of neurology as difficult and unpleasant.

Objective:

To determine the frequency of neurophobia in internal medicine postgraduate students of the Clinical Hospital, National Hospital of Itauguá, Central Military Hospital and Institute of Social Security.

Materials and methods:

This was an observational descriptive cross-sectional study. The tool used was a questionnaire designed to identify the affinity or aversion towards the different subspecialties that compose the internal medicine and later, to interrogate on the possible subjective causes of the aversion.

Results:

Fifty six students were included. It was found that 54% presented neurophobia, 63.3% identified the lack of knowledge in basic neurology as the most important cause, followed by 50% that referred to the complexity of the anamnesis and physical examination associated with neurological pathologies.

Conclusions:

More than half of the internal medicine postgraduate students present neurophobia, which is alarming because one-third of human pathology is neurological and therefore will be part of their daily medical practice.

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