There are wide misconceptions about pain and its management in later life; for example, it is suggested that some clinicians see pain as an inherent consequence of ageing [ 10] although research does not substantiate this view [ 1].
Open-ended questions are excellent for getting students to express misconceptions, and an appropriate question is almost guaranteed to bring forth a wide range of misconceptions.
The evolution teaching literature illustrates a wide variety of misconceptions (Alters and Nelson 2002; Anderson et al. 2002; Bishop and Anderson 1990; Brumby 1984; Ferrari and Chi 1998).
Although faulty sex ed is responsible for a wide variety of misconceptions, pornography itself presents an imaginary form of sex.
Many students struggle with learning meiosis and hold a wide variety of misconceptions about this process (Brown, 1990; Kindfield, 1991; Dikmenli, 2010).
From the studies, they identified two major reasons for the lack of vaccine uptake by HCWs: first, a wide range of misconceptions or lack of knowledge about influenza infection; and second, a lack of convenient access to vaccine.
There exists a wide range of misconceptions about autism regarding social/emotional, cognitive, and general features among various healthcare disciplines (including paediatrics, clinical psychology, school psychology and speech/language therapy) [ 16].
One useful resource that clearly sets out to address a wide range of common misconceptions and misunderstandings, including incorrect definitions of scientific terminology, is the Understanding Science website produced by the Museum of Paleontology at the University of California at Berkeley (Thanukos, 2013).
Students and the general public also hold a wide variety of specific misconceptions about what modern evolutionary biology says (Brumby 1984; Bishop and Anderson 1990; Ferrari and Chi 1998; Antolin and Herbers 2001; Woods and Scharmann 2001; Alters and Nelson 2002; Anderson et al. 2002; Isaak 2006; McVaugh et al. 2011; Shtulman et al. 2008; Wiles et al. 2011).
