Focus on Alternative and Complementary Therapies
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Focus Altern Complement Ther 1997; 2: 190
To give final year pharmacy students an appreciation of the various systems of complementary medicine they are likely to encounter in general practice pharmacy
Two lectures are given by a practicising herbalist and by a specialist homoeopathic pharmacist. Students are allocated to a small group to research other forms of complementary medicine e.g. Chinese Traditional Medicine, aromatherapy, and each group then presents orally to all the class. A written summary is also submitted for marking.
The final year option ‘Plants and Pharmacy’, of which this component is a substantial part, is popular with the students. The external lecturers attract questions and stimulate discussion. The presentations are of high quality.
Pharmacy students value information about complementary medicine as preparation for their professional careers.
