Journal of Society of Preventive Korean Medicine (대한예방한의학회지)

Society of Preventive Korean Medicine (대한예방한의학회)
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Influences of Education on the Attitudes of Medical Students toward Traditional Korean Medicine

한의학 교육이 의대생의 한의학에 대한 태도에 미치는 영향

  • Sohn, Kyeongjin (Department of Korean Medicine, School of Korean Medicine, Pusan National University) ;
  • Cho, Imhak (Department of Korean Medicine, School of Korean Medicine, Pusan National University) ;
  • Lee, Junghyun (Department of Korean Medicine, School of Korean Medicine, Pusan National University) ;
  • Lim, Junghwa (Department of Neuropsychiatry, School of Korean Medicine, Pusan National University) ;
  • Yun, Youngju (Department of Integrative Medicine, School of Korean Medicine, Pusan National University)
  • 손경진 (부산대학교 한의학전문대학원 한의학과) ;
  • 조임학 (부산대학교 한의학전문대학원 한의학과) ;
  • 이정현 (부산대학교 한의학전문대학원 한의학과) ;
  • 임정화 (부산대학교 한의학전문대학원 한방신경정신과) ;
  • 윤영주 (부산대학교 한의학전문대학원 동서협진의학)
  • Received : 2015.02.24
  • Accepted : 2015.04.03
  • Published : 2015.04.30
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Abstract

Objective : This study aims to figure out what the medical students' attitudes toward traditional Korean medicine (TKM) are and how TKM education affects them. Method : We performed content analysis on 283 assignments submitted by senior students who took a 'TKM and complementary alternative medicine (CAM)' course in a medical school in 2010 and 2011. The assignment was to write an report after reviewing a research article about 'TKM or CAM' or interviewing a person engaging in a related field. Results : 193(68.2%) students chose a article review and 90(31.8%) students chose an interview. Significantly more students chose TKM topic in interview group than in article review group(p=0.021). Most frequent questions in interview are as follows; 'comparison of TKM and western medicine'(15.7%), 'education in TKM school'(8.8%), and 'TKM and evidence based medicine'(8.8%). Among students who expressed their attitudes toward TKM, 52.4% of them showed positive attitudes before entering medical school, however, 54.6% of them showed negative attitudes in medical school years. Among students who indicated attitude change before and after the TKM course, 35.9% of them changed positively. Conclusion : TKM education might have positive effects on medical students' attitude toward TKM. It is necessary to expand TKM education and introduce effective education stategy in order to alleviate medical students' misunderstanding and prejudice against TKM.

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