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Educational Importance of Acupuncture and Moxibustion: A Survey at the Tokai University School of Medicine Japan.

Masanori Takashi, Yoshinobu Nakada1, Katsuhiko Arai, Makoto Arai.   

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Acupuncture and moxibustion are categories of Japanese traditional medicine (Kampo). Precise teaching of Kampo is one of the important issues in medical education, and therefore acupuncture and moxibustion education has been applied to students in Tokai University School of Medicine. To investigate and compare the awareness the medical students have of acupuncture and moxibustion before and after the education, we conducted questionnaire surveys.
METHODS: The questionnaires were distributed to 117 fourth-year students before and after the education.
RESULTS: Of the 117 students issued surveys, 111 responded before, 115 after, and 109 both before and after the education program. Before the education, 79% of the respondents were interested in acupuncture and moxibustion, and 67%, 73%, and 80% thought they were effective, necessary, and worth learning. These results were increased to 92%, 95%, 94% and 97% after the education, respectively (p<0.001 in all four comparisons). Although 9% said they would perform acupuncture and moxibustion in their routines proactively before the education, after the education this increased to 24% (p<0.001), and 43% supposed that they would definitely introduce patients to acupuncturists.
CONCLUSION: Medical students' awareness improved after the education, which demonstrated importance of the acupuncture and moxibustion education in medical school.

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Year:  2016        PMID: 27344997

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Tokai J Exp Clin Med        ISSN: 0385-0005


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1.  Medical residents' interest in and current status of Japanese postgraduate education in acupuncture and moxibustion: a follow-up survey.

Authors:  Yoshinobu Nakada; Masanori Takashi; Katsuhiko Arai; Makoto Arai
Journal:  Acupunct Med       Date:  2017-05-11       Impact factor: 2.267

2.  The actual conditions of traditional Japanese Kampo education in all the pharmacy schools in Japan: a questionnaire survey after the enforcement of the new national 2015 core curriculum.

Authors:  Yoshinobu Nakada; Makoto Arai
Journal:  BMC Complement Altern Med       Date:  2018-11-08       Impact factor: 3.659

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