An approach to educating family practice residents and family physicians about complementary and alternative medicine

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 118-125

  Frenkel, Moshe ^a,b   Ben Arye, Eran ^b   Hermoni, Doron ^b  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Alternative medicine; Complementary medicine; Family medicine; Medical education; Patient centered approach

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHINESE MEDICINE; COMPETENCE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH EDUCATOR; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RESIDENT; SAFETY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 10244278130     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2004.07.044     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. D.M. Eisenberg R.B. Davis S. Ettner Trends in alternative medicine use in the United States, 1990-1997 J Am Med Assoc 280 1997 1569-1575
2. R.C. Kessler Long term trends in the use of complementary and alternative medical therapies in the United States Ann Intern Med 135 2001 262-268
3. S. Derr U. Shaikh A. Rosen P. Guadagnino Medical students' attitudes toward knowledge of, and experience with complementary medicine therapies Acad Med 73 9 1998 1020
4. K. Duggan M.J. Verhoef R.J. Hilsden First year medical students and complementary and alternative medicine: Attitudes knowledge and experiences Ann R Coll Phys Surg Can 32 1999 157-160
5. M. Carlston M. Stuart W. Jonas Alternative medicine instruction in medical schools and family practice residency programs Fam Med 29 1997 559-562
6. M.S. Wetzel D.M. Eisenberg T.J. Kaptchuck Courses involving complementary and alternative medicine at US medical schools J Am Med Assoc 280 9 1998 784-787
7. J.J. Cohen Reckoning with alternative medicine Acad Med 75 6 2000 571
8. S.E. Strauss Complementary and alternative medicine: Challenges and opportunities for American medicine Acad Med 75 6 2000 572-573
9. J. Ruedy D.M. Kaufman H. MacLeod Alternative and complementary medicine in Canadian medical schools: A survey Can Med Assoc J 160 6 1999 816-817
10. A. Weil The significance of integrative medicine for the future of medical education Am J Med 108 2000 441-443
11. B.M. Berman Complementary medicine and medical education Br Med J 322 2001 121-122
12. A.P. Grollman Foreword: Is there wheat among the chaff? Acad Med 76 3 2001 221-223
13. D.M. Marcus How should alternative medicine be taught to medical students and physicians? Acad Med 76 3 2001 224-229
14. W. Sampson The need for educational reform in teaching about alternative therapies Acad Med 76 3 2001 248-250
15. M. Frenkel E. Ben Arye The growing need to teach about complementary and alternative medicine: Questions and challenges Acad Med 76 3 2001 251-254
16. J. Konefal The challenge of educating physicians about complementary and alternative medicine Acad Med 77 2002 847-850
17. J.J. Brokaw G. Tunnicliff B.U. Raess D.W. Saxon The teaching of complementary and alternative medicine in US medical schools: A survey of course directors Acad Med 77 2002 876-881
18. B. Kligler A. Gordon M. Stuart V. Sierpina Suggested curriculum guidelines on complementary medicine and alternative medicine: Recommendations of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Group on Alternative Medicine Fam Med 32 1 2000 30-33
19. H.J. May D.A. Revicki Professional stress among family physicians J Fam Pract 20 1985 165-171
20. G. Young J. Spencer General practitioners' view about the need for a stress support service Fam Pract 13 6 1996 517-521
21. K. Appleton A. House A. Dowell A survey of job satisfaction, sources of stress and psychological symptoms among general practitioners in Leeds Br J Gen Pract 48 428 1998 1059-1063
22. Z. Kmietowicz Quarter of GPs want to quit, BMA survey shows Br Med J 323 2001 887