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KMID : 1129720120290010057
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Korean Journal of Acupuncture
2012 Volume.29 No. 1 p.57 ~ p.70
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Traditional Korean Medicine Doctors’ Awareness and Utilization of the Case Report
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Baek Seung-Min
Park Jeong-Hwan
Lee Sang-Hun
Kim Sul-Gi
Lee Jeong-Hwa
Kim Bo-Young
Choi Sun-Mi
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Abstract
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Objectives: The purpose of this study is to assess Traditional Korean Medicine (TKM) doctors’ awareness and utilization of the case report, based on the opinion that careful observation on the case sometimes provides us with the important information as clinical trial especially in the traditional medicine research field.
Methods: A questionnaire study was conducted among TKM doctors who participated in the annual continuous maintenance education (CME) held at 5 regions of the Republic of Korea.
Results: Almost 60% of the respondents had read case reports published in medical journals and 67% had openly shared their clinical cases with their colleagues. Of the respondents, 18.6% had been educated on reporting cases, and only 16% had the experience of reporting cases on one’s own. However, 32.6% of the respondents had the intention to report cases in the future. These results show significant differences between general physicians who holds a license but no hospital training experience and board certified TKM doctors who have training experience.
Conclusions: A majority of TKM doctors have read case reports but holds little experience of having been properly trained. Through this research, it has been found that awareness of case reports is rising in hospital training. Thus, the objective of case report education for TKM doctors who have hospital training experience should be set on encouraging them to do more whereas for doctors without hospital training experience, the objective should be set on making them more exposed to case reports to heighten one’s awareness.
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KEYWORD
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Case reports, Traditional Korean medicine doctors, Awareness, Utilization
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