ArticleJournal of family & community medicine
Attitude of Saudi medical students towards complementary and alternative medicine.
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- Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices Toward Complementary and Alternative Medicine Among Medical and Pharmacy Students in Sana'a, Yemen: A Single-Centre Cross-Sectional Study.Advances in medical education and practice · 2026Article
- A pre- and post-course survey of an elective Chinese medicine curriculum among junior Western medical students in Taiwan.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2025Article
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- The Use of Non-pharmacological Herbs in Treating Cough and Respiratory Symptoms in Saudi Arabia: a Multi-center Study.Materia socio-medica · 2025Article
- Investigation of the knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions regarding the utilization of rosemary among the population in Jordan.PloS one · 2024Article
- A triangulated perspective for understanding CAM use in Lebanon: a qualitative study.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2022Article
- Comparison Between Healthcare Professionals and the General Population on Parameters Related to Natural Remedies Used During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2021Article
- Herbal medicines: a cross-sectional study to evaluate the prevalence and predictors of use among Jordanian adults.Journal of pharmaceutical policy and practice · 2020Article
- Use and acceptance of complementary and alternative medicine among medical students: a cross sectional study from Palestine.BMC complementary and alternative medicine · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundAlternative medicine is defined as medical therapies that are not regarded as orthodox by the medical profession. The teaching of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in medical schools is becoming prevalent worldwide. Only a few studies have been done to assess medical students' attitude toward CAM and the need for CAM courses. MATERIALS AND
methodsAn observational, descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted on medical students in two universities, King Saud (KSU) and Majmaah (MU) medical colleges, between February and April 2015. A survey was developed and validated by a pilot study. Data were gathered from both colleges by means of hard and soft copy surveys. Medical students of both genders from the 1
resultsThe study included 399 medical students. Bloodletting is the most known modality (80.7%), while homeopathy is the least known with a percentage of 7.47%. The overall assessment of the attitude toward CAM was neutral, with a mean of 3.1. Students who had taken a CAM course previously were more satisfied with their knowledge than those who had not, showing a statistical significance of P = 0.0001.
conclusionThis study showed a lack of knowledge of CAM among medical students. There was an association between taking a CAM course and students' satisfaction with their knowledge. Most of the students agreed with the inclusion of CAM courses in the medical curriculum.
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