Education for traditional medicine in Japan. (II). The prospect of education of medical, dental and pharmaceutical courses / 日本東洋医学雑誌

ABSTRACT

The general survey for the curricula of traditional medicine (TM) in medical, dental and pharmaceutical courses (Universities and Colleges) has been carried out in Japan.<br>In this survey, TM in medical specialist education has come to focus on the following items;<br>1) Execution of TM educational issues<br>2) Prospect of education<br>3) Courses should be introduced from now<br>As a result: more than half of the Universities which does not introduce TM state reason for shortning of School hours and lack of the teaching staff. The total percentage of Universities which already introduced or intended to introduced TM soon exceed 37%. In medical and dental courses, TM will be introduced in clinical medicine as well as an optional subject. On the other hand, TM will be introduced as a postgraduate curriculum and optional subject in pharmaceutical courses.