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ArticleBMC medical education2025

Innovation in how to present a lesson on traditional persian medicine: explaining the experiences of medical students.

Fatemeh Eghbalian, Hoorieh Mohammadi, Amir Hossein Jamshidi, Mansoureh Taghavinia

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Fatemeh EghbalianInstitute for Studies in Medical History, Persian and Complementary Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4668-3025
Hoorieh MohammadiInstitute for Studies in Medical History, Persian and Complementary Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0658-5284
Amir Hossein JamshidiInstitute for Studies in Medical History, Persian and Complementary Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1310-1516
Mansoureh TaghaviniaPhD of Medical Education, EDC of Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran. taghaviniam@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9177-1796

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This study was granted by The National Agency for Strategic Research in Medical Sciences Education (NASR) (IR.NASRME.REC.1403.024)
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backgroundWorld Health Organization has advised countries to integrate modern medicine with approved Traditional Medicine and Complementary and Alternative Medicine services in their health system, and it uses for prevention and treatment. The study, conducted aim to explain the experiences of medical students after completing the mentioned one-week course.

methodsThis study was qualitative and qualitative content analysis of the data was conducted using the approach of Graneheim and Lundman, which includes six stages. Semi-structured written interviews with a main open question (please write your experience regarding the one-week courses of familiarization with Persian Medicine, considering before and after the course) were used as the primary method for data collection. MAXQDA10 software was used for data management and initial coding. A total of 20 individuals participated in this study.

resultsThe experiences of medical students participating in the traditional medicine course were categorized into two themes include outcomes of medical students' participation in the Traditional Persian medicine course and influencing and hindering factors the conduct of the Persian medicine course.

conclusionsIf, course planning is rewritten in such a way that is removed repetitive and non-useful items. It can be concluded that one week is a relatively suitable time to present a Traditional Persian Medicine lesson. Medical students declared it necessary to continue holding the course due to the need they will have knowledge of Persian Medicine in the future, the importance of Persian Medicine for patients, promoting the role of Persian Medicine specialists and creating diversity in the curriculum of medical students.

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Education, Medical, UndergraduateMedicine, Iranian TraditionalStudents, MedicalCurriculumFemaleHumansInterviews as TopicIranMalePersiaQualitative ResearchCurriculumMedical studentPersian medicineTraditional medicine

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