KMID : 1150720190080040264
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Integrative Medicine Research 2019 Volume.8 No. 4 p.264 ~ p.270
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Research-related attitudes among Chinese medicine students at a Canadian college: a mixed-methods study
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Ijaz Nadine
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Abstract
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Background: Previous studies have suggested that American Chinese medicine students¡¯ research interest declines as their training progresses. Many students further express low confidence in the congruence (¡®model validity¡¯) of bioscientific research methods in relation to the Chinese medicine paradigm. However, prior research has not assessed the impacts of research-related coursework on student perspectives in this regard.
Methods: First-, second- and third-year Chinese medicine students were surveyed regarding their research-related views. Final year students were re-surveyed after completing the research course. Qualitative analyses of the participating students¡¯ coursework were also undertaken.
Results: Over 80% of all participants showed high research interest and engagement, and viewed research as both relevant to clinical practice and important for the profession¡¯s socioeconomic legitimation. Male students were significantly more likely to view scientific evidence as improving the quality of Chinese medicine care (p = 0.021). A view that conventional research methods have low model validity for Chinese medicine interventions was higher among third year students than those in their first or second years of study (p = 0.001). Research coursework appeared to increase self-assessed research interest and skill. Concern regarding model validity was strongly evident in student coursework.
Conclusion: Research-related curricular interventions in the Chinese medicine field should directly address model validity, as it is of significant interest to a majority of students.
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KEYWORD
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Chinese medicine, Education, Research course, Model validity, Survey
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