Interprofessional Student Education: Exchange Program Between Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Pacific College of Oriental Medicine

• Published in: Explore (New York, N.Y.) Vol. 8; no. 6; pp. 377 - 381
• Main Authors: Anderson, Belinda J., Herron, Patrick D., Downie, Sherry A., Myers, Daniel C., Milan, Felise B., Olson, Todd R., Kligler, Ben E., Sierpina, Victor S., Kreitzer, Mary Jo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.11.2012
• Subjects: Attitude of Health Personnel; Awareness; Curriculum; Education, Medical; Humans; Learning; Medicine, East Asian Traditional; Schools, Medical

The growing popularity of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), of which estimated 38% of adults in the United States used in 2007, has engendered changes in medical school curricula to increase students' awareness of it. Exchange programs between conventional medical schools and CAM in...