Department of Family Dentistry, College of Dentistry, University of Iowa, 313 Dental Science Building South, Iowa City, IA 52242-1001;.
J Dent Educ. 2013 Dec;77(12):1610-5.
The purpose of this study was to identify the prevalence of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) education in U.S. dental schools. A survey was administered via e-mail to each U.S. dental school's academic dean, and data were collected from respondents in a fillable PDF form submitted electronically to the study investigators. The survey asked respondents whether CAM was taught at the institution; if the response was yes, information was requested regarding the CAM therapies included, credentials of the instructor, number of hours taught, reason for teaching CAM, and format in which CAM was taught. Of the sixty dental schools contacted, twenty-two responded to the survey (37 percent response rate). Of these respondents, ten (45.5 percent) reported offering instruction in CAM as part of their predoctoral curricula. Herb/drug interactions were found to be taught with more frequency than any other CAM topic (in six out of the ten institutions). Limitations of the study are discussed, and suggestions for future studies are made.
本研究旨在确定美国牙科学院补充和替代医学（CAM）教育的普及程度。通过电子邮件向每所美国牙科学院的学术院长发送了一份调查问卷，并从以电子方式提交给研究人员的可填写 PDF 表格中收集了回复者的数据。该调查询问了受访者所在机构是否教授 CAM；如果回答是，要求提供有关纳入的 CAM 疗法、讲师资质、授课时数、教授 CAM 的原因以及教授 CAM 的方式等信息。在联系的六十所牙科学院中，有二十二所对调查做出了回应（回应率为 37%）。在这些回复者中，有十所（45.5%）报告在其牙科学院的博士前课程中提供 CAM 教学。发现教授草药/药物相互作用的频率高于任何其他 CAM 主题（在十所机构中的六所）。讨论了研究的局限性，并提出了未来研究的建议。
