PURPOSE Problem-based learning is an established method of teaching and learning in medical education. However, its impact on students' achievement on examinations is varied and inconsistent. We compared the levels of achievement on the Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery/Chirurgery (MB ChB) Part I and II licensing examination of students in problem-based learning, community-based educati...

OBJECTIVE We hypothesized that primary care physicians (PCPs) specializing in a nonpharmaceutical/nonsurgical approach as their primary modality and utilizing a variety of complementary/alternative medicine (CAM) techniques integrated with allopathic medicine would have superior clinical and cost outcomes compared with PCPs utilizing conventional medicine alone. DESIGN Incurred claims and str...

BACKGROUND Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) has been practiced for centuries owing to the absence or limited availability of conventional medicine. CAM has persisted globally with over USD34 billion spent annually, despite modernization, globalization, technological advancement, and limited supportive evidence. The present qualitative study explores the perception of CAM among cardi...

Combining alternative medicine and conventional medicine approaches into an integral whole is called integrative medicine [1]. Combining the best research evidence with clinical expertise and patient values into an integral whole is called evidence-based medicine [2]. Evidence-based medicine (EBM) is neither alternative medicine nor conventional medicine (though the expectation for evidence-bas...

I’ve been compelled to write this book based on nearly 20 years of writing articles while practicing Alternative/Complementary medicine and surviving the conventional medical establishment. I’m also compelled to share my unique experience as an alternative medicine practitioner practicing traditional medicine during tours of duty throughout my 25 years of military experience as a U.S. ARMY Rese...

Alternative medicine is becoming more accepted by conventional medical practitioners as beneficial for patients because 62% of adult patients try some form of alternative treatment. 1 In recent years, many medical professionals have begun implementing integrative strategies to treat their patients: such strategies employ both traditional and alternative treatment methods. 1 Studies conducted by...

Herbal medicine has become a popular form of healthcare. Even though several differences exist between herbal and conventional pharmacological treatments, herbal medicine can be tested for efficacy using conventional trial methodology. Several specific herbal extracts have been demonstrated to be efficacious for specific conditions. Even though the public is often misled to believe that all nat...