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KMID : 0363620230440020045
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Journal of Korean Oriental Medicine
2023 Volume.44 No. 2 p.45 ~ p.59
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The Role and Policy of Korean Medicine Doctor for the Prevention and Management of Infectious Diseases: A Mixed-Methods Approach
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Kim Ju-Chul
Chun Hea-Sun
Lee Hee-Jung
Leem Jung-Tae
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Abstract
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Objectives: This study investigated the role of Korean medicine doctors in the national quarantine system and the status of their duties through questionnaire surveys and in-depth interviews with Korean medicine staff who participated in COVID-19 work.
Methods: We developed a questionnaire survey to investigate the status and perception of Korean medicine doctors’ participation in responding to infectious diseases, and the results were derived by conducting frequency analysis and T-test using SPSS program. The measurement variables of this study were the status of COVID-19 related work participation and perception of Korean medicine doctors’ role in infectious diseases, and the maximum significance level was 0.05.
Results: There were 300 respondents to the survey, and as for the COVID-19 related work, Korean medicine treatment for COVID-19 patients accounted for the most(52.7%), and various preventive and treatment tasks such as epidemiological investigations and specimen collection were conducted.
Conclusion: According to this study, it was confirmed that there are sufficient legal and administrative grounds for Korean medicine doctors to perform specimen collection and epidemiological investigations. Therefore, it is necessary to prepare a policy framework to solidify the status of Korean medicine doctors in national infectious diseases in the future.
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KEYWORD
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COVID-19, Infectious Disease, Specimen Collection, Epidemiological Investigation, Korean Medicine
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