Portland VA Medical Center, Portland, OR 97207, USA.
Explore (NY). 2011 Mar-Apr;7(2):88-93. doi: 10.1016/j.explore.2010.12.001.
Public interest in complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) has grown over the past decade, accompanied by increased demand for evidence-based approaches to CAM practice. In order to define the role evidence-based decision making has in CAM practice, CAM professionals must have a full understanding of evidence-based medicine (EBM) concepts.
This paper describes the design, implementation, and evaluation of a week-long intensive EBM short course for CAM faculty at a naturopathic and classical Chinese medicine institution.
This 20-hour course, entitled Principles of EBM for CAM Professionals, teaches participants how to access and appraise biomedical literature, apply it to their work, and teach these concepts to their students.
Results from precourse and postcourse evaluations suggest that, in a small group of participants, there were significant changes in EBM practice attitudes, self-appraised skills, and objectively assessed skills as a result of this course. Participants indicated they were committed to increasing their use of EBM in practice, enhancing EBM skills, using EBM in teaching, and working to change the culture at their institution to support use of EBM. At six months, 80% of participants had fully or partially followed through on their commitment to change plans.
在过去的十年中，公众对补充和替代医学（CAM）的兴趣日益浓厚，同时对基于证据的 CAM 实践方法的需求也有所增加。为了确定循证决策在 CAM 实践中的作用，CAM 专业人员必须充分了解循证医学（EBM）的概念。
本文描述了在一所自然疗法和传统中医机构为 CAM 教师开设为期一周的强化循证医学短期课程的设计、实施和评估。
这门 20 小时的课程名为“CAM 专业人员循证医学基础”，教授参与者如何获取和评估生物医学文献，将其应用于工作中，并向学生传授这些概念。
预课后和课后评估的结果表明，在一小部分参与者中，由于该课程，他们在 EBM 实践态度、自我评估技能和客观评估技能方面发生了显著变化。参与者表示，他们致力于增加在实践中使用 EBM、增强 EBM 技能、在教学中使用 EBM 以及努力改变机构文化以支持 EBM 的使用。在六个月时，80%的参与者已经完全或部分按照他们的改变计划行事。
