Medical Students' Opinion Toward the Application of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Healthcare
| العنوان: | Medical Students' Opinion Toward the Application of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Healthcare |
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| المؤلفون: | Khalid Altohami Medani, Waqas S Mahmoud, Sawsan M. Abdalla, Mohammed Almansour, Syed Meraj Ahmed, Elsadig Yousif Mohamed |
| المصدر: | Saudi Journal of Medicine & Medical Sciences Saudi Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Vol 5, Iss 1, Pp 20-25 (2017) |
| سنة النشر: | 2019 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | integrative medicine, medicine.medical_specialty, education, Alternative medicine, Saudi Arabia, lcsh:Medicine, Context (language use), 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Health care, medicine, 030212 general & internal medicine, Curriculum, Medical education, Modalities, Descriptive statistics, business.industry, lcsh:R, General Medicine, Popularity, 030205 complementary & alternative medicine, Complementary and alternative medicine, medical student, Family medicine, Original Article, Integrative medicine, business, conventional medicine |
| الوصف: | An accelerated approach to popularize complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in healthcare services has led to the need to assess medical students' knowledge of CAM. Furthermore, their attitude toward its efficacy and usage will determine its growing popularity in healthcare. Another key idea is to integrate CAM with conventional medical teaching to make it a part of the mainstream medical curriculum. The objectives were to assess the medical students' perceptions about integrating CAM with conventional medicine and to assess the attitude of prescribing different CAM modalities to patients presenting with a particular disease or health disorder.This is a descriptive, institutional based study conducted on undergraduate 3Data were collected by a structured and pretested questionnaire to be filled in by the participants in the presence of the investigator. Statistical data were entered in SPSS software, and descriptive analysis was conducted.Most of the students (74%) agreed that conventional and CAM therapy can be integrated to achieve a better health care outcome. Forty-eight percent of the participants were positive that knowledge of CAM is important since many patients still prefer this option, particularly for chronic illnesses.The students were receptive to the introduction of a new treatment method in their curriculum, which although unconventional, presents an alternative and traditional form of treatment even if it does not have major backing from the scientific community. The participants felt that more knowledge is required to make an informed opinion about its usefulness to the community as a whole.ملخص البحث: أن النهج المتسارع لنشر الطب البديل في خدمات الرعاية الصحية أدى إلى الحاجة لتقييم المعرفة بين طلبة الطب. كما أن موقفهم نحو فعاليته واستعماله قد يحدد تزايد شعبيته في خدمات الرعاية الصحية. يتساءل الباحثون عن مدى إمكانية دمج الطب البديل في منهج كلية الطب. لذا تهدف هذه الدراسة لتقييم إدراك طلبة الطب عن دمج الطب البديل مع الطب التقليدي وكذلك لتقييم موقفهم لوصف علاج الطب البديل لبعض المرضى الذين يعانون من بعض الأمراض. توصلت الدراسة إلى أن طلبة الطب تقبلوا إضافة طريقة جديدة للعلاج إلى منهج الكلية بالرغم انه غير تقليدي. |
| تدمد: | 2321-4856 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::9f7734a71d4ad76190160125c9b028d4 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30787747 |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi.dedup.....9f7734a71d4ad76190160125c9b028d4 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 23214856 |
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