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Complementary and alternative medicine: Knowledge and attitude of medical students of the uniKL-RCMP, Perak, Malaysia

Introduction Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is widely used in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of an extensive range of ailments from ancient days. The booming popularity of CAM among people all over the world had influenced this research evaluating the knowledge and attitud...

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Main Authors: Mainul, Haque, A. T. M. Emdadul, Haque, Farrah Hanum, Abdul Kadir
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spelling my-unisza-ir.69902022-09-13T04:39:14Z http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/6990/ Complementary and alternative medicine: Knowledge and attitude of medical students of the uniKL-RCMP, Perak, Malaysia Mainul, Haque A. T. M. Emdadul, Haque Farrah Hanum, Abdul Kadir R Medicine (General) Introduction Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is widely used in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of an extensive range of ailments from ancient days. The booming popularity of CAM among people all over the world had influenced this research evaluating the knowledge and attitude of the medical students in UniKL RCMP. Methods This cross-sectional study was conducted in the first three years of medical students in UniKL-RCMP using questionnaires designed to assess their knowledge and attitude towards CAM therapies in Malaysia. Results UniKL RCMP medical students possessed high knowledge on massage, acupuncture and homeopathy compared to other assessed CAM therapies. Overall, the students had the positive attitude towards CAM modalities. Conclusion Integration of CAM in medical curriculum will be a measure to increase the knowledge and gain positive attitude towards CAM among medical students as the country is looking forward to the integration of CAM with conventional medicine in the health care system. Research Journal of Pharmacy and Technology 2015-09 Article PeerReviewed image en http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/6990/1/FH02-FP-16-04764.jpg Mainul, Haque and A. T. M. Emdadul, Haque and Farrah Hanum, Abdul Kadir (2015) Complementary and alternative medicine: Knowledge and attitude of medical students of the uniKL-RCMP, Perak, Malaysia. Research Journal of Pharmacy and Technology, 8 (9). pp. 1189-1196. ISSN 09743618
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Mainul, Haque
A. T. M. Emdadul, Haque
Farrah Hanum, Abdul Kadir
Complementary and alternative medicine: Knowledge and attitude of medical students of the uniKL-RCMP, Perak, Malaysia
description Introduction Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is widely used in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of an extensive range of ailments from ancient days. The booming popularity of CAM among people all over the world had influenced this research evaluating the knowledge and attitude of the medical students in UniKL RCMP. Methods This cross-sectional study was conducted in the first three years of medical students in UniKL-RCMP using questionnaires designed to assess their knowledge and attitude towards CAM therapies in Malaysia. Results UniKL RCMP medical students possessed high knowledge on massage, acupuncture and homeopathy compared to other assessed CAM therapies. Overall, the students had the positive attitude towards CAM modalities. Conclusion Integration of CAM in medical curriculum will be a measure to increase the knowledge and gain positive attitude towards CAM among medical students as the country is looking forward to the integration of CAM with conventional medicine in the health care system.
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author Mainul, Haque
A. T. M. Emdadul, Haque
Farrah Hanum, Abdul Kadir
author_facet Mainul, Haque
A. T. M. Emdadul, Haque
Farrah Hanum, Abdul Kadir
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title Complementary and alternative medicine: Knowledge and attitude of medical students of the uniKL-RCMP, Perak, Malaysia
title_short Complementary and alternative medicine: Knowledge and attitude of medical students of the uniKL-RCMP, Perak, Malaysia
title_full Complementary and alternative medicine: Knowledge and attitude of medical students of the uniKL-RCMP, Perak, Malaysia
title_fullStr Complementary and alternative medicine: Knowledge and attitude of medical students of the uniKL-RCMP, Perak, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Complementary and alternative medicine: Knowledge and attitude of medical students of the uniKL-RCMP, Perak, Malaysia
title_sort complementary and alternative medicine: knowledge and attitude of medical students of the unikl-rcmp, perak, malaysia
publisher Research Journal of Pharmacy and Technology
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