Integrating complementary and alternative medicine into medical intern teaching: Preliminary findings from an Australian Hospital

Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 237-242

  Pierantozzi, A M ^a,b   Steel, A ^c   Seleem, M ^a,b  

^a REDCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

CAM; Complementary medicine; Complementary therapies; Integrative medicine; Junior doctor education

Indexed keywords

CAM;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; JUNIOR DOCTOR EDUCATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PILOT STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

CAM; COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; JUNIOR DOCTOR EDUCATION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CURRICULUM; HUMANS; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84887150388     PISSN: 17443881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2013.06.002     Document Type: Article

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