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Assessing the attitudes, knowledge and perspectives of medical students to chiropractic.
- Source :
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Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association . Mar2013, Vol. 57 Issue 1, p18-31. 14p. 3 Charts. - Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- Objective: To assess second-year medical students' views on chiropractic. Methods: A three-step triangulation approach was designed, comprising a 53-item survey, nine key informant interviews and one focus group of 8 subjects. ANOVA was used to assess attitude-response survey totals over grouping variables. Constant comparison method and NVivo was used for thematic analysis. Results: 112 medical students completed the survey (50% response rate). Subjects reporting no previous chiropractic experience/exposure or interest in learning about chiropractic were significantly more attitude-negative towards chiropractic. Thematically, medical students viewed chiropractic as an increasingly evidence-based complementary therapy for low back/chronic pain, but based views on indirect sources. Within formal curriculum, they wanted to learn about clinical conditions and benefits/risks related to treatment, as greater understanding was needed for future patient referrals. Conclusion: The results highlight the importance of exposure to chiropractic within the formal medical curriculum to help foster future collaboration between these two professions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00083194
- Volume :
- 57
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 88939962