Amadera João Eduardo Daud, Pai Hong Jin, Hsing Wu Tu, Teixeira Marcus Zulian, Martins Mílton de Arruda, Lin Chin An
Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP.
Rev Assoc Med Bras (1992). 2010 Jul-Aug;56(4):458-61. doi: 10.1590/s0104-42302010000400020.
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 improving their skills.
The study was conducted from 2002 to 2007 using descriptive statistical methods.
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 7th and 8th 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.
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 due to the importance of acupuncture as part of professional skills. Results indicate that acupuncture should be included as an elective discipline for medical students.
自2002年第二学期作为选修学科（非必修）引入以来，圣保罗大学医学院一直在教授针灸课程。我们开展这项研究以核实本科医学生对针灸的兴趣和接受程度，并确定其对提高学生技能的积极影响。
该研究于2002年至2007年进行，采用描述性统计方法。
每学期完成该学科课程的学生平均人数为24.9人，每学期医学生平均人数为87.5人（占第七和第八学期所有医学生的28%）。经过一个学期的针灸基础培训后，每组只有八名学生（选拔后）升入为期两年的医学针灸学术联盟。每学期，所有八个空缺都会被填满。在完成该课程的学生中，98%将课程质量描述为良好或非常好，85%认为自己至少能够部分运用针灸，79%表示该课程对他们的医学教育产生了影响。
学生对学习针灸有着浓厚的兴趣，几乎30%的学生自愿参加针灸短期培训，其中一些学生因针灸作为专业技能一部分的重要性而选择了为期两年的额外培训。结果表明，针灸应作为医学生的选修学科纳入教学。
