Student identification of the need for complementary medicine education in Australian medical curricula: A constructivist grounded theory approach

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 257-264

  Templeman, Kate ^a   Robinson, Anske ^a   McKenna, Lisa ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alternative medicine; Complementary medicine; Medical curriculum; Medical education; Qualitative methodology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIAN; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GROUNDED THEORY; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT SAFETY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; SELF REPORT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STUDENT ATTITUDE; YOUNG ADULT; AUSTRALIA; EDUCATION; STANDARDS;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FEMALE; GROUNDED THEORY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84926410421     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: 18736963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2015.02.002     Document Type: Article

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