Education and training in complementary and alternative medicine: a postal survey of UK universities, medical schools and faculties of nurse education

Morgan, David R.; Glanville, H. de; Maris, Slavica; Nathanson, Vivienne

doi:10.1016/s0965-2299(98)80077-0

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“…3 Although this growth in interest may be greater in the United States, a 1998 survey in the United Kingdom found that 26% of medical schools were teaching CAM, but this had doubled in a single year. 4 It is clear that a major paradigm shift, as defined in Kuhn's seminal work, is occurring. Within a very short period, medicine has moved from simply acknowledging the existence of CAM, to cooperating with CAM, to embracing CAM.…”

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Interprofessional Referral Patterns in an Integrated Medical System

Coulter

Singh

Riley³

et al. 2005

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics

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Interprofessional Referral Patterns in an Integrated Medical System

Coulter

Singh

Riley³

et al. 2005

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics

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“…Surveys of 1996 in the United Kingdom (12) showed that 23% of the medical schools had incorporated in their curriculum some disciplines that supplied basic concepts on the several forms of CAM. In 1999, 40% of the European Union's medical schools offered CAM Disciplines (13) .…”

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The teaching of acupuncture in the University of São Paulo School of Medicine, Brazil

Amadera¹,

Pai²,

Hsing³

et al. 2010

Rev. Assoc. Med. Bras.

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SummaryobjectIve. Since being introduced as an elective discipline (non-obligatory) in the second semester of 2002, acupuncture has been taught in the University of São Paulo School of Medicine. We conducted this study to verify interest and acceptance among under graduate medical students and to discern a positive influence contributing to improveing their skills. Methods. The study was conducted from 2002 to 2007 using descriptive statistical methods. results. The average number of students who concluded the discipline is 24.9 students per semester with an average number of medical students per semester of 87.5 (28% of all medical students in the 7 th and 8 th semesters). After a semester of basic training in acupuncture, only eight students per group are promoted (after selection) to the Medical Academic League of Acupuncture which lasts for two years. Every semester, all eight vacancies are filled. Among the students who concluded the course, 98% described course quality as good or very good, 85% considered themselves at least partially able to use acupuncture and 79% stated that the course influenced them in their medical education. conclusIon. There is a genuine interest to learn acupuncture, almost 30% of all students volunteer for a brief training in acupuncture while some of them choose additional training of two years indue to the importance of acupuncture as part of professional skills. Results indicate that acupuncture should be included as an elective discipline for medical students.

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“…An American study found that patients expected primary care doctors to be informed about CAM, make CAM referrals and administer it more than doctors themselves realize 3 . Scepticism about CAM remains amongst National Health Service (NHS) doctors, primarily due to concerns about its evidence base 4 ; but when only 6 of 26 UK medical schools provide teaching on the subject, this is to be expected 5 . Although we as healthcare professionals rely heavily on evidence-based medicine, a small qualitative study indicates that patients do not value scientific evidence as highly when considering CAM 6 .…”

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The Integration of Complementary and Alternative Medicine:The Way Forward for the Health of Skin and Gut

Kalsi

Ryan

2016

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In this review of Sanskrit translations in traditionalAyurveda texts studies on skin and gut health we consider the integration of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) with biomedicine (BM). We focus on irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) as a problem affecting 22% of the population with multiple known causes and unresponsive to biomedical and CAM intervention, but for which integrated medicine (IM) might be more useful. As up to 80% of medical patients concurrently use CAM alongside BM, it is imperative that doctors are able to understand and discuss its use with patients. In order to facilitate these therapeutic combinations, we must identify safe and effective CAM treatment protocols for their administration. CAM offers many treatment options, especially for IBS; however, its presentation can prove a barrier to understanding these options. Here, we consider the example of Ayurveda: a traditional Indian system of medicine in which derangements of the digestive system are well described but with unclear English translations. Forceful language and opinions are sometimes used to support traditional medicine. These unscientific obstacles detract from the multitude of treatment options CAM provides. If CAM were presented in a more scientific manner, modern medical practitioners would take IM more seriously. Research of CAM often lacks scientific rigour, leaving questions regarding its evidence base. Moreover, CAM literature does not utilize advances in the understanding of disease and epidemiology. BM has been less successful at disease prevention and managing chronic conditions while CAM focuses on optimizing health, even in the absence of obvious pathology. Patients are now more focused on health optimization leading to increased uptake of CAM. The onus is on us as health professionals to make sure that they are able to do this as safely and effectively as possible.

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Education and training in complementary and alternative medicine: a postal survey of UK universities, medical schools and faculties of nurse education

Cited by 26 publications

References 12 publications

Interprofessional Referral Patterns in an Integrated Medical System

Interprofessional Referral Patterns in an Integrated Medical System

The teaching of acupuncture in the University of São Paulo School of Medicine, Brazil

The Integration of Complementary and Alternative Medicine:The Way Forward for the Health of Skin and Gut

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