First year medical students' perceptions and use of complementary and alternative medicine

Objectives: To explore First Year medical students' rating of CAM therapies following a core teaching session. To determine the influence of student gender and previous experience of CAM and therapist/teacher gender and professional background on ratings. Design: Survey; self-administered quest...

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Published in:Complementary therapies in medicine 2002-03, Vol.10 (1), p.27-32
Main Authors: Greenfield, S.M., Innes, M.A., Allan, T.F., Wearn, A.M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Attitude of Health Personnel
Complementary Therapies - education
Complementary Therapies - utilization
Curriculum - standards
Education, Medical, Undergraduate - standards
England
Evidence-Based Medicine
Female
Humans
Male
Models, Educational
Social Perception
Students, Medical - statistics & numerical data
Surveys and Questionnaires
United Kingdom
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Summary:Objectives: To explore First Year medical students' rating of CAM therapies following a core teaching session. To determine the influence of student gender and previous experience of CAM and therapist/teacher gender and professional background on ratings. Design: Survey; self-administered questionnaire following a teaching session. Setting: First Year medical students Behavioural Science module CAM teaching session, University of Birmingham Medical School, UK. Results: One hundred and fifty (71.0%) students completed a questionnaire. 56 (37.3%) students had previous experience of CAM, particularly where a family member already used it (P=
ISSN:0965-2299
1873-6963
DOI:10.1054/ctim.2002.0501