Integrating complementary and alternative medicine education into the pharmacy curriculum
Integrating complementary and alternative medicine education into the pharmacy curriculum
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DOI：
10.5688/aj720474
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发表时间：
2008-01-01
影响因子：
3.3
通讯作者：
Wallis, Marianne
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作者：
Tiralongo, Evelin;Wallis, Marianne
目标.评价综合方法在药学院循证补充和替代医学（CAM）教学中的有效性。以证据为基础的CAM教育被整合在整个第三，第四和第五年的药学课程。具体而言，在第三年增加了一个以CAM熟悉为重点的介绍模块，并在第四年和第五年通过讲座和临床案例研究将CAM相关的综合循证教学纳入临床主题。学生的自我评估和实际CAM知识增加，因为他们使用的证据为基础的CAM资源。然而，只有30%的四年级学生认为他们对CAM了解得足够多。学生们更喜欢在第一年开始将CAM教学纳入课程，而不是等到他们的教育后期。CAM教育经过几年的学习，增加了学生的知识和应用。
Objectives. To evaluate the effectiveness of an integrated approach to the teaching of evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in a pharmacy curriculum.Design. Evidence-based CAM education was integrated throughout the third, fourth, and fifth years of the pharmacy curriculum. Specifically, an introductory module focusing on CAM familiarization was added in the third year and integrated, evidence-based teaching related to CAM was incorporated into clinical topics through lectures and clinical case studies in the fourth and fifth years.Assessment. Students' self-assessed and actual CAM knowledge increased, as did their use of evidence-based CAM resources. However, only 30% of the fourth-year students felt they had learned enough about CAM. Students preferred having CAM teaching integrated into the curriculum beginning in the first year rather than waiting until later in their education.Conclusion. CAM education integrated over several years of study increases students' knowledge and application.