Department of Family Medicine, Yeditepe University Faculty of Medicine, İnönü Mahallesi, Kadıköy, İstanbul, Turkey.
BMC Complement Altern Med. 2012 Aug 3;12:115. doi: 10.1186/1472-6882-12-115.
This study aims to examine knowledge and attitudes towards Complementary and Alternative Medicine among medical students in Turkey, and find out whether they want to be trained in Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM).
A cross-sectional study was carried out between October and December 2010 among medical students. Data were collected from a total of seven medical schools.
The study included 943 medical students. The most well known methods among the students were herbal treatment (81.2 %), acupuncture (80.8 %), hypnosis (78.8 %), body-based practices including massage (77 %) and meditation (65.2 %), respectively. Acupuncture, aromatherapy, herbal treatment and meditation were better known among female participants compared to males (p < 0.05). Females and first year students, generally had more positive attitudes. A larger proportion of female students compared to male students reported that a doctor should be knowledgeable about CAM (p = 0.001), and this knowledge would be helpful in their future professional lives (p = 0.015). Positive attitudes towards and willingness to receive training declined as the number of years spent in the faculty of medicine increased.
Majority of the medical students were familiar with the CAM methods widely used in Turkey, while most of them had positive attitudes towards CAM as well as willingness to receive training on the subject, and they were likely to recommend CAM methods to their patients in their future professional lives. With its gradual scientific development and increasing popularity, there appears a need for a coordinated policy in integrating CAM into the medical curriculum, by taking expectations of and feedback from medical students into consideration in setting educational standards.
本研究旨在考察土耳其医学生对补充和替代医学的知识和态度，以及他们是否希望接受补充和替代医学（CAM）的培训。
2010 年 10 月至 12 月间，在土耳其的七所医学院进行了一项横断面研究。
该研究共纳入 943 名医学生。学生中最知名的方法是草药治疗（81.2%）、针灸（80.8%）、催眠（78.8%）、包括按摩（77%）和冥想（65.2%）在内的基于身体的实践。与男性相比，女性参与者对针灸、芳香疗法、草药治疗和冥想的了解更为广泛（p<0.05）。女性和一年级学生通常态度更为积极。与男性相比，更多的女学生报告医生应该了解 CAM（p=0.001），并且该知识在他们未来的职业生涯中会有所帮助（p=0.015）。对 CAM 的积极态度和接受培训的意愿随着在医学院学习年限的增加而下降。
大多数医学生熟悉在土耳其广泛使用的 CAM 方法，而他们中的大多数人对 CAM 持有积极的态度，并愿意接受有关该主题的培训，并且他们可能会在未来的职业生涯中向患者推荐 CAM 方法。随着 CAM 的逐步科学发展和日益普及，似乎需要制定一项协调的政策，将 CAM 纳入医学课程，同时考虑医学生的期望和反馈，制定教育标准。
