are times changing in med school?
Question by dbobo: are times changing in med school?
Even medical students want conventional medicine to include alternative therapies
by S. L. Baker, features writer
(NaturalNews) Are up-and-coming young doctors going to practice the same kind of mainstream medicine as their predecessors? Will the next generation of docs turn up their noses at alternative therapies such as acupuncture, yoga, herbs and vitamins — just like the majority of the current crop of docs? In what may come as a surprise to many mainstream physicians, the answer to those questions may be a resounding “no”.
According to research published in the online edition of the peer-reviewed journal Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine (eCAM), 75 percent of medical students surveyed think it would be beneficial for conventional Western medicine to integrate with complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). CAM places emphasis on natural therapies and using the body’s own healing powers instead of relying on drugs, vaccines and other standard Western treatments.
A University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) and University of California, San Diego, research team comprised of experts in the fields of CAM, integrative medicine, Western medicine, medical education and survey development created a first of its kind 30 question survey that was distributed to 126 U.S. medical schools. Some 1,770 medical students completed the survey — roughly, about three percent of the 68,000 medical students nationwide. Although the response rate to the survey was fairly low, the researchers say it provided valuable insights into current medical students’ perceptions of CAM.
For example, the findings revealed that 77 percent of the medical student participants agreed patients whose doctors are knowledgeable about complementary and alternative medicine in addition to conventional medicine benefit more than those whose doctors are only familiar with Western medicine. In fact, 74 percent agreed that a medical system which integrated conventional medicine with CAM could be more effective that either type of medicine used independently.
A whopping 84 percent of the participants surveyed said CAM contains beliefs, ideas and therapies that could benefit conventional medicine. Some of this attitudinal shift in medical students could be the result of personal experiences — almost half
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Answer by evirustheslaye
“even medical students” thats like the bottom the barrel in terms of authority.
1 what prevents “alternative therapies” from being used by “mainstream doctors” is that there is no data to show that they work. and thats how it should be, if you want to treat high blood pressure do you want to take something that has real data to back it up? or do you want the doctor to give you something that is only supported, data wise, by self reporting? (medical trials remove the problem of self reporting by comparing people who have taken the treatment with those who haven’t, with self reporting its just a bunch of people saying “i got better while using this treatment” without any knowledge of how the treatment effected their recovery)
2 this is a survey in which the people were asked “if you think A is better than B” this isn’t evidence ITS PUBLIC OPINION! the size of the earth isn’t based on public opinion and neither is the efficacy of treatments, or the lack there of.
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