是否应该在非洲医学院校中教授补充替代医学?(英文)

Should complementary and alternative medicine familiarisation modules be taught in African medical schools?

在非洲社会,补充替代医学疗法是家庭常用的疗法。大多数非洲人使用补充替代医学疗法替代主流医学疗法。出现这一现象的原因一是因为传统,二是因为很多人从经济上无法负担常规的治疗手段。在发达国家,补充替代医学的使用不断增长,因此,这些国家的很多医学院校将补充替代医学的课程纳入了医学本科生的课程体系。而在非洲,大部分医学院校并没有向学生教授补充替代医学。基于越来越多的非洲人开始使用补充替代医学疗法,以及潜在的补充替代医学疗法与常规疗法的相互作用,医生们有必要熟知那些常用的补充替代医学疗法。要达到这一目标,建议将补充替代医学的课程纳入非洲医学院校医学本科生的授课体系。这将有助于未来的非洲医生掌握整体治疗的手段,并与国际的发展趋势接轨。

Complementary and alternative medicines （CAMs） are household sources of therapy in African communities. A large percentage of the African population uses CAMs as an alternative to mainstream medicine. This is partly due to tradition, and partly because of inability to afford conventional treatments. In the developed countries, the use of CAMs is gradually on the increase. As a result, certain medical schools in these countries are incorporating CAM familiarisation modules into their undergraduate medical curricula. In Africa, most medical schools have not taught CAM yet. However, in view of the rising use of CAMs by the African populace, and the potential CAM-conventional therapy interactions, there is the need for physicians to get familiar with those CAMs in common use. To achieve this, it is recommended that African medical schools introduce CAM familiarization modules into the undergraduate medical curricula. This would fully prepare the 21st century doctors to deliver holistic medical treatment, and thus be at par with the global trend.