Another Reason to Teach Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Mark Reed, Katrin Werwick, Markus Herrmann
Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · pp. 116–127 · Published 8 Dec 2012
10.9734/BJMMR/2013/1472Abstract
Aims: To ascertain whether studying Complementary and Alternative Medicine, in any capacity, can influence attitudes to patients, over and above simply learning the subject in question. Study Design: Pilot study using Questionnaires before and after two different courses of study. Place and Duration: Magdeburg University, Germany; Oxford Deanery School of General Practice, England. Methodology: Ten attitudinal statements were scored before and after the teaching of two different CAM courses, one at Magdeburg University, Germany and one at High Wycombe Hospital, England, part of Oxford Deanery. Twelve medical students participated in Germany and six junior doctors in England. Results: Significant changes (P = .02 for the Magdeburg Course; P = .03 for the Oxford Course) were demonstrated in both groups, in that participants moved away from a purely biomedical view of patients towards more holistic, patient-centred attitudes. Conclusion: This finding adds another reason why teaching Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) to trainees is a valuable thing to do.x
Cited by 1
Mahshid Sadeghi, Soheila Rabiepoor, Aida Sefidani Forough · Journal of Evidence-Based Complementary & Alternative Medicine · 2016
Related research
- Stressors in First Year Medical Students and Its Relation to Academic Performance — shares topic coverage
- Attitude of Final Year Medical Students and House Officers to Otorhinolaryngology Surgery Training — shares topic coverage
- Prevalence of Drug and Alcohol Use among Undergraduate Medical Students in a Nigerian Private University — shares topic coverage
- Does Learning Style Make a Difference on Student’s Academic Performance? Learning Style Preferences of Medical Students from University Tunku Abdul Rahman — shares topic coverage
- Participants’ Feedback about and Knowledge before and after a Two-Day Medical Humanities Workshop at Mysuru, India — shares topic coverage
Article metrics
Real usage data collected on this platform.
0
Page views
0
PDF downloads
0
Outbound clicks
1
Citations
Views by country
Approximate, from request IP at view time — not citizenship or institution. Countries with fewer than 5 views are grouped as "Other".
No views recorded yet.
Traffic sources
Referring site, by host.
No traffic recorded yet.
Views and downloads exclude known bots/crawlers. Citations combines this platform's own DOI-resolved index with each external source's own reported total — see Cited by above for individually listed citing works. Last refreshed 0 seconds ago.