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. 2025 Jul;43(6):477-484.
doi: 10.1080/07357907.2025.2543850. Epub 2025 Aug 5.

Evidence-Based Medicine and Complementary and Alternative Medicine - Attitudes and Knowledge of German Medical Students

Gianluca Ciarlo  1 , Lena Josfeld  1 , Karsten Muenstedt  2 , Oliver Micke  3 , Jens Buentzel  4 , Bijan Zomorodbakhsch  5 , Michael Klein  1 , Christian Keinki  1 , Jutta Huebner  1
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Evidence-Based Medicine and Complementary and Alternative Medicine - Attitudes and Knowledge of German Medical Students

Gianluca Ciarlo et al. Cancer Invest. 2025 Jul.
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Abstract

Usage of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is widespread in the population. Accordingly, knowledge on CAM is important for physicians. To learn more on the knowledge during studying medicine, we conducted a web-based survey using a standardized questionnaire among medical students regarding evidence-based medicine (EbM) and CAM. Yet, while 43% marked that they felt able to define EbM, less than a quarter were familiar with CAM. There is a strong contrast between students' agreement to EbM, and the low self-rating of their competences in EbM. Efforts must be increased to educate medical students in the skills of EbM.

Keywords: Attitude of students; Complementary and alternative medicine; Evidence-based medicine; Knowledge of students; Medical education.

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