Table 1.

General attitudes toward CAM

Item 1 questions	Pretest – Group 1			Posttest – Group 2			Exact P-value
	A	N	D	A	N	D
	No (%)	No (%)	No (%)	No (%)	No (%)	No (%)
1. Clinical care should integrate the best of conventional and CAM practices	42 (64.6)	20 (30.8)	3 (4.6)	49 (75.4)	12 (18.5)	4 (6.1)	0.26
2. CAM includes ideas and methods from which conventional medicine could benefit	45 (69.2)	17 (26.2)	3 (4.6)	47 (73.3)	12 (18.5)	6 (9.2)	0.38
3. While we need to be cautious in our claims, a number of CAM approaches hold promise for treatment of symptoms, conditions, and/or diseases	31 (47.7)	30 (46.2)	4 (6.1)	27 (41.6)	32 (49.2)	6 (9.2)	0.69
4. The results of CAM are in most cases due to a placebo effect	20 (30.8)	20 (30.8)	25 (38.4)	22 (33.9)	19 (29.2)	24 (36.9)	0.93
5. CAM therapies not tested in a scientific manner should be discouraged	31 (47.7)	26 (40.0)	8 (12.3)	37 (56.9)	21 (32.3)	7 (10.8)	0.57
6. While a few CAM approaches may have limited health benefits, they have no true impact on treatment of symptoms, conditions, and/or diseases	24 (36.9)	18 (27.7)	23 (35.4)	22 (33.8)	23 (35.4)	20 (30.8)	0.64
7. CAM is a threat to public health	18 (27.7)	15 (23.1)	32 (49.2)	24 (36.9)	23 (35.4)	18 (27.7)	0.039*
8. I hope to have some CAM practices available to patients in my practice or referral network	37 (56.9)	19 (29.2)	9 (13.9)	45 (69.2)	10 (15.4)	10 (15.4)	0.16
9. Health professionals should be able to advise their patients about commonly used CAM methods	35 (53.8)	19 (29.3)	11 (16.9)	50 (76.9)	10 (15.4)	5 (7.7)	0.013*
10. CAM practices should be included in my school’s curriculum	39 (60.0)	21 (32.3)	5 (7.7)	51 (78.5)	8 (12.3)	6 (9.2)	0.0233*
11. Knowledge about CAM is important to me as a student/future practicing health professional	50 (76.9)	13 (20.0)	2 (3.1)	49 (75.4)	8 (12.3)	8 (12.3)	0.09

Note:

^*Significant.

Abbreviations: CAM, complementary and alternative medicine; A, agree; N, neutral; D, disagree; No, number.