BACKGROUND: Complementary medicine is gaining in public popularity, yet medical school curricula usually ignore it. OBJECTIVES: To determine whether senior medical students are interested in learning principles of complementary or alternative medicine, to check their degree of familiarity with it, and to suggest a format for such studies in the medical curriculum. METHODS: Senior medical students (n = 117) were surveyed by an anonymous questionnaire. RESULTS: Seventy-nine percent of the senior medical students were interested in studying complementary or alternative medicine in medical school, and 65% were interested in applying these techniques to treat patients. Eighty-seven percent of students were familiar with some techniques of complementary medicine. CONCLUSIONS: Senior medical students are interested in studying complementary and alternative medicine in medical school and in applying these techniques in practice.
BACKGROUND: Complementary medicine is gaining in public popularity, yet medical school curricula usually ignore it. OBJECTIVES: To determine whether senior medical students are interested in learning principles of complementary or alternative medicine, to check their degree of familiarity with it, and to suggest a format for such studies in the medical curriculum. METHODS: Senior medical students (n = 117) were surveyed by an anonymous questionnaire. RESULTS: Seventy-nine percent of the senior medical students were interested in studying complementary or alternative medicine in medical school, and 65% were interested in applying these techniques to treat patients. Eighty-seven percent of students were familiar with some techniques of complementary medicine. CONCLUSIONS: Senior medical students are interested in studying complementary and alternative medicine in medical school and in applying these techniques in practice.
Authors: Ranjana Chaterji; Rochelle E Tractenberg; Hakima Amri; Michael Lumpkin; Sharon B W Amorosi; Aviad Haramati Journal: Altern Ther Health Med Date: 2007 Jan-Feb Impact factor: 1.305
Authors: Ryan B Abbott; Ka-Kit Hui; Ron D Hays; Jess Mandel; Michael Goldstein; Babbi Winegarden; Dale Glaser; Laurence Brunton Journal: Evid Based Complement Alternat Med Date: 2011-04-14 Impact factor: 2.629
Authors: Dawn Desylvia; Margaret Stuber; Cha Chi Fung; Shahrzad Bazargan-Hejazi; Edwin Cooper Journal: Evid Based Complement Alternat Med Date: 2011-02-14 Impact factor: 2.629