Dipartimento di Area Critica Medico Chirurgica, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, IRCCS S. Maria agli Ulivi and Centro Italiano per la Medicina Basata sulle Prove, Firenze, Italy.
Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2007 Sep;4(Suppl 1):33-6. doi: 10.1093/ecam/nem105.
The implementation of complementary medicine (CM) involves a large number of persons in Italy, and in the nineties, the percentage of Italian citizens adopting the most frequent and relevant practices of CM almost doubled. Appropriate academic education in CM is an important and fascinating challenge for current didactic systems in the Italian University. Already in 2004, the Joint Italian Conference of the Deans of the Faculties of Medicine and of the Presidents of Medical Degree Courses released an official statement regarding the relationship between CM and health area degree courses. The main teaching objectives embedded in the institutional framework proposed by the Joint Italian Conference are now finding specific implementation modalities in the University of Florence. For many years, the Florence Medical School has had strong and fruitful contacts with institutional bodies in Tuscany and, together with these institutions, has established a continuous dialogue with the world of CM. This exchange has given rise to various teaching activities within the academic setting. With specific reference to the undergraduate curriculum in Medicine and Surgery, a methodological course regarding CM has been designed and conducted, with selective attention being given to the CM practices having an enhanced rate of supportive scientific evidence, such as herbal medicine and acupuncture. With regard to the postgraduate curriculum, a Master degree in Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine and a Master in Clinical Phytotherapy are already active in the University of Florence and are having a remarkable success among the attending health professionals. This high degree of satisfaction well documents the importance, need and feasibility of structured academic education in CM and, in particular, of a methodological didactics such as those currently implemented in the Florence Medical School.
在意大利，实施补充医学（CM）涉及到大量人员，在 90 年代，意大利公民采用最常见和相关的 CM 实践的比例几乎翻了一番。CM 的适当学术教育是意大利大学当前教学系统的一个重要而引人入胜的挑战。早在 2004 年，意大利医学系主任联席会议就 CM 与健康领域学位课程之间的关系发表了一份官方声明。意大利医学系主任联席会议提出的机构框架中嵌入的主要教学目标现在正在佛罗伦萨大学找到具体的实施方式。多年来，佛罗伦萨医学院与托斯卡纳的机构有着紧密而富有成效的联系，并与这些机构一起与 CM 世界建立了持续的对话。这种交流在学术环境中产生了各种教学活动。具体参考医学和外科学的本科课程，设计并开展了关于 CM 的方法学课程，特别关注具有增强的支持科学证据率的 CM 实践，如草药医学和针灸。至于研究生课程，佛罗伦萨大学已经开设了针灸和中医硕士学位以及临床植物疗法硕士学位，并且在参加的卫生专业人员中取得了显著的成功。这种高度的满意度充分证明了 CM 结构化学术教育的重要性、必要性和可行性，特别是佛罗伦萨医学院目前实施的方法教学法。
