A large-sample survey of first- and second-year medical student attitudes toward complementary and alternative medicine in the curriculum and in practice.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To assess attitudes toward complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) and its place in the medical school curriculum and medical practice among preclinical students at Georgetown University School of Medicine (GUSOM), Washington, DC.

Method

Two-hundred sixty-six first-year (n=111) and second-year (n=155) medical students rated their attitudes toward CAM and 15 CAM modalities in terms of personal use, inclusion in the curriculum, and use/utility in clinical practice.

Results

Nearly all (91%) students agreed that "CAM includes ideas and methods from which Western medicine could benefit"; more than 85% agreed that "knowledge about CAM is important to me as a student/future practicing health professional"; and more than 75% felt that CAM should be included in th

SUBMITTER: Chaterji R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4371739 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Jan-Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature