Awareness, use, attitude and perceived need for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) education among undergraduate pharmacy students in Sierra Leone: a descriptive cross-sectional survey
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BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies, November 2014
The widespread use of CAM around the world requires health professionals including pharmacists to have the required knowledge to better advise their patients. This has lead to an increased need for the inclusion of CAM instruction into the mainstream undergraduate Pharmacy education. This study was designed to describe pharmacy students awareness, use, attitude and perceived need for CAM education at COMAHS-USL and at the same time, determine how these descriptive outcomes are influenced by the socio-demographic variables considered in this study.
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science
32
17%
Nursing and Health Professions
20
10%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences
6
3%
Psychology
6
3%
Other
20
10%
Unknown
68
35%
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