Education in Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Japanese Medical Schools: Follow-Up Study, 1999-2004 / 医学教育

ABSTRACT

This is a follow-up study to our 1999 telephone survey of education in complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in Japanese medical schools. We surveyed the same workers in curriculum offices in all 80 Japanese medical schools in 2004. The number of medical schools that offer CAM education has increased significantly, from 16 schools (20%) in 1999 to 69 schools (86%) in 2004. Treatment with <I>kampo</I> is being taught in all 69 schools with CAM education. Fourteen (20%) of these 69 schools also teach a new framework of CAM and integrative medicine, and 7 schools teach evidence-based medicine in relation to CAM, although almost all schools (95%) taught <I>kampo</I> and acupuncture as types of traditional Asian medicine in 1999.