Medical Students' Knowledge, Perceptions, and Interest in Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Teaching Acupuncture to Medical Students: The Experience of Rio Preto Medical School (Famerp), Brazil

“…[9][10][11][12] This has been reported from countries such as Denmark where CAM is well known, 13 as well from countries such as Israel where students report little initial knowledge of CAM.…”

Medical Students Knowledge and Perception Regarding Complementary and Alternative Medicine

“…Thus, a process of needs assessment, identifying gaps in knowledge, consultations with the curricula reformers and strategic planning is thought to be effective catalysts for curricular change [9]. This study was designed to assess the knowledge and perception of medical students regarding complementary and alternative medicine.…”

“…Herbal Medicine is the use of preparations, which contain exclusively plant material [7]. Medical student's knowledge is limited as CAM is not formally included in undergraduate curriculum [8,9]. Although alternate medicine therapy in family Medicine rotation each disease…”

The Patterns Use and Attitudes toward Unconventional Medicine among Saudi Young Adults: Cross Sectional Study

“…Various terms are used interchangeably with UM, although different things may be meant UM; include alternative medicine, complementary medicine, holistic medicine, integrative medicine, and naturopathy. UM can be considered as a group of varied medical and health care systems, practices, and products that are not generally considered part of conventional medicine [2] . The conventional medicine or allopathy is scientific medicine.…”

“…In Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), cancer, skin, asthma disease, depression, neurological disorders and chronic pain are common of diseases lead to increase in UM use [4,5,6,7,8] . The use of UM in health care is rapidly growing [2] . Previous study in KSA showed that 42% of population used UM for their child's condition [6] .…”