A Survey of Acupuncture Chinese Herbal Medicine Students to Identify Barriers to Teaching and Motivations to Study Acupuncture Research.

ABSTRACT:

Background

While acupuncture use and research publications are growing in the United States, we know little about acupuncture and chinese herbal medicine (ACHM) students' beliefs and behaviors regarding acupuncture research.

Purpose

This project aims to identify barriers to teaching acupuncture research and opportunities to engage and excite students to study acupuncture research. To our knowledge, a national survey of acupuncture students' research interests has not been completed previously.

Methods

A cross-sectional survey of 32 closed and 6 open-ended questions was administered once through SurveyMonkey^© to ACHM students in the United States. Analysis techniques include simple tabulations with confidence intervals for central tendency, along with select

SUBMITTER: Conboy L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11939631 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature