Awareness, attitude of Pharmacy Student towards CAM in Sierra Leone

What is it about?

Background The widespread use of CAM around the world requires health professionals including pharmacists to have the required knowledge to better advise their patients. This has lead to an increased need for the inclusion of CAM instruction into the mainstream undergraduate Pharmacy education. This study was designed to describe pharmacy students awareness, use, attitude and perceived need for CAM education at COMAHS-USL.

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Why is it important?

TM-CAM is being utilized by nearly 80% of the population in Africa Healthcare providers are usually not well equipped to adequately respond to patient concerns with regards to safety and efficacy of TM-CAM. Educational courses at health care teaching institutions should be designed to address this limitation. This study try to assess pharmacist student awareness , attitude and need CAM educatioN