Education for traditional medicine in Japan. (I). The present status of curriculum 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) A status of the introduction of TM in the curricula of medical, dental and pharmaceutical courses respectively<br>2) A comparision of the above status between public and private courses<br>3) Contents of the curricula of traditional medicine<br>4) An analysis of education system and contents in the medical specialist education<br>It was shown that TM education has been introduced 26% of the universities and the rate of introduction was higher in private universities than that of public.<br>Other statistical results of the survey are presented in this report.