Relation between Awareness of Medical Students and the Understanding of Kampo Medicine

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  • IIZUKA Norio
    Department of Kampo Medicine, Yamaguchi University Hospital Department of Digestive Surgery, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine
  • UCHIDA Kouichi
    Department of Kampo Medicine, Yamaguchi University Hospital Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine
  • SAKAIDA Isao
    Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine
  • FUJITA Yusuke
    Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine
  • HAMAMOTO Yoshihiko
    Department of Biomolecular Engineering, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine
  • OKA Masaaki
    Department of Digestive Surgery, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine

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  • 医学生の意識と漢方医学の習熟度
  • 東洋医学の広場 医学生の意識と漢方医学の習熟度
  • トウヨウ イガク ノ ヒロバ イガクセイ ノ イシキ ト カンポウ イガク ノ シュウジュクド

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To clarify how students' awareness is linked to their understanding of Kampo medicine, we carried out a questionnaire and test for 94 fourth-year medical students (MS) following all the lectures at Yamaguchi University School of Medicine. Gender was not associated with performance in the test. MS having been admitted to an undergraduate program had a significantly better performance record in the test than did MS who had passed the usual university entrance examinations (P < 0.0001). MS who had experienced the efficacy of Kampo medicine had a significantly better performance record in the test than did MS who had not. Understanding of both the merits and demerits of Kampo medicine, a desire to see bedside teaching of Kampo medicine currently or in the future, and a desire to integrate Kampo medicine with primary care in the future were associated with a better performance record in the test. Multiple logistic regression analysis showed that admission to an undergraduate program (odds ratio (OR) = 6.9) and having experienced the efficacy of Kampo medicine (OR = 4.5) were independently contributing factors to a good performance record in the test. Taken together, these results suggest that experiencing efficacy and bedside teaching are needed to increase understanding of Kampo medicine for MS.

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  • Kampo Medicine

    Kampo Medicine 63 (1), 57-64, 2012

    The Japan Society for Oriental Medicine

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