de Mata BBI, Agüero SO, Cisse A, Mohlotsane MP

Language: Spanish
References: 26
Page: 2-9
PDF size: 289.25 Kb.

ABSTRACT

Objective: To evaluate the knowledge and perceptions about phytotherapy in professors and students of the Latin American School of Medicine.
Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted during the period from September 2014 to July 2015. Questionnaires were applied to basic science teachers and second-year medical students who enrolled in an elective course to determine the knowledge and attitudes towards the use of medicinal plants. Subsequently, the elective course was given whose final evaluation was the oral presentation of an updated bibliographic review on herbal medicine in their respective countries.
Results: In the last five years, 57.40% (31) of teachers used medicinal plants, while 40.74% (22) responded negatively. The main reasons were the non-prescription by doctors in 12.96% (7) and, in the same proportion, doubts about the effectiveness of this type of therapy. In general, less knowledge was reported by teachers about the plants used in the treatment or prevention of cancer. With respect to the knowledge of the students, the best results were obtained in the plants for the digestive system with 64.7% (11), and 100% considered necessary the imparting of contents on phytotherapy in medical universities.
Conclusions: It is necessary to carry out remedial actions on phytotherapy directed to teachers. The methodology used in the elective course improves the knowledge on this subject in the students.

REFERENCES

1. Sierra S, Fernández JA, Miralles E, Pernas M, Diego JM. Las estrategias curriculares en la Educación Superior: su proyección en la Educación Médica Superior de pregrado y posgrado. Educ Med Sup [en línea]. 2009 [citado 22 Feb 2014]; 23(3): [aprox. 9 p.]. Disponible en: http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0864-21412009000300009&lng=es&nrm=iso&tlng=es

2. Sierra S, Pernas M, Fernández JA, Diego JM, Miralles E, de la Torre Castro G, González N, et al. Modelo metodológico para el diseño y aplicación de las estrategias curriculares en Ciencias Médicas. Educ Med Sup [en línea]. 2010 [citado 11 Feb 2014]; 24(1): [aprox.7 p.].Disponible en: http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0864-21412010000100005&lng=es&nrm=iso&tlng=es

3. Abreu JM. Formación docente del estomatólogo en medicina natural y tradicional desde la interdisciplinariedad [tesis doctoral]. Santiago de Cuba: Universidad de Ciencias Pedagógicas Frank País García [en línea]. 2011 [citado Feb 2015]. Disponible en: http://tesis.repo.sld. cu/552/1/Tesis_Juana.pdf

4. Comisión Nacional de la Carrera de Medicina. Estrategia curricular de medicina natural y tradicional (MNT). La Habana: Universidad de Ciencias Médicas; 2010.

5. Ramírez I, García Y. Estrategia curricular de Medicina Tradicional y Natural en la carrera de Psicología de la Salud. EDUMECENTRO [en línea]. 2014; 6(2) [citado Ene 2015]. Disponible en: http://www.revedumecentro.sld.cu/index.php/edumc/issue/archive

6. 56 Asamblea Mundial de la Salud.WHA56.31.Medicina Tradicional 2003 [en línea] [citado Ene 2013]. Disponible en: http://www.sld.cu/ galerías/pdf/sitios/mednat/resolución/_asamblea_mundial_de_la_salud.pdf

7. Colectivo de autores. Manual para la práctica de la Medicina Natural y Tradicional. La Habana: Ciencias Médicas; 2014

8. Colectivo de autores. Guía para la prescripción de productos naturales. La Habana: Ciencias Médicas [en línea]. 2014[citado 14 Feb 2016]. Disponible en: http://www.bvs.sld.cu/libros/guia_productos_naturales/productos_nat_completo.pdf

9. Staden A, Joubert G. Interest in willingness to use complementary, alternative and traditional medicine among academic and administrative university staff in Bloemfontein, South Africa. Afr J Tradit Complement Altern Med [en línea]. 2014 [citado 23 Jul 2016] 11(5):61- 66. Disponible en: http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ajtcam.v11i5.10

10. Maha N, Shaw A. Academic doctors’ views of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) and its role within the NHS: an exploratory qualitative study.BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine [en línea]. 2007 [citado 2 Mar 2016] 7:17. Disponible en: http:// www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6882/7/17

11. Abin L, Viguera R, Alemán L, Herrera I, Valdés MJ, Díaz LA. Introducción de la Medicina Natural y Tradicional en la disciplina Microbiología y Parasitología Médicas. Panorama y Salud 2013; 8(2): 10-14.

12. James P, Bah A. Awareness, use, attitude and perceived need for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)education among undergraduate pharmacy students in Sierra Leone: a descriptive cross-sectional Survey. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine [en línea]. 2014 [citado 20 de Abr 2016] 14:438. Disponible en: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6882/14/438

13. Eray Y, Suphı V, Merve B, Esın C, SıdıkaI . Assessment of knowledge and attitudes toward complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) among turkish medical faculty students. Afr J Tradit Complement Altern Med [en línea]. 2015 [citado 23 de Ene 2016]12(5):8-13. Disponible en: http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ajtcam.v12i5.2

14. Al Mansour M, Al Bedah A, Al Rukban M, Elsubai I, Mohamed E. Medical students’ knowledge, attitude, and practice of complementary and alternative medicine: a pre- and post-exposure survey in Majmaah University, Saudi Arabia. Advances in Medical Education and Practice [en linea]. 2015 [citado 23 Ene 2016]; 6: 407–420. Disponible en: http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/AMEP.S82306

15. Izzo A, Ernst E. Interactions between herbal medicines and prescribed drugs: a systematic review. Drugs.2001; 61:2163–75.

16. Bhadra R, Ravakhah K, Ghosh RK. Herb-drug interaction: The importance of communicating with primary care physicians. AMJ [en linea]. 2015; [citado 23 Mayo 2016]; 8(10): 315–319. Disponible en: http://dx.doi.org/10.4066/AMJ.2015.2479

17. Fakeye T, Adisa R, Musa I. Attitude and use of herbal medicines among pregnant women in Nigeria. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2009, 9:53.

18. Oreagba IA, Oshikoya K A, Amachree M .Herbal medicine use among urban residents in Lagos, Nigeria. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine [en linea]; 2011 [citado 23 Mayo 2013]; 11:117. Disponible en: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6882/11/117

19. Sewani-Rusike C, Mammen M. Medicinal plants used as home remedies: a family survey by first year medical students. Afr J Tradit Complement Altern Med [en linea]; 2014 [citado 23 Mayo 2013]; 11(5):67-72. Disponible en: http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ajtcam.v11i5.11

20. Akan H, Guldal I, Apaydin K, Serpil A, Nejat D, Gamze P B et al. Knowledge and attitudes towards complementary and alternative medicine among medical students in Turkey. Complementary and Alternative Medicine [en linea]. 2012 [citado 21 Mayo 2016]; 12:115. Disponible en: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6882/12/115

21. Enwere O. Herbs in orthodox practice: a view by medical students. Afr. J. Trad. CAM (2009) 6 (2): 203 – 206

22. Van Niekerk J. Traditional healers formalised? S Afr Med J. 2012, 102(3):105–106.

23. Mills E, Cooper C, Seely D, Kanfer I. African herbal medicines in the treatment of HIV: Hypoxisand Sutherlandia. An overview of evidence and pharmacology. NutritionJournal [en linea]. 2005 [citado 21 Mayo 2016]; 4:19. Disponible en: http://www.nutritionj.com/ content/4/1/19

24. Davids D, Blouws T, Aboyade O, Gibson D, De Jong J et al. Traditional health practitioners’ perceptions,herbal treatment and management of HIV and related opportunistic infections. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine [en línea]. 2014 [citado 21 Mayo 2016]; 10:77. Disponible en: http://www.ethnobiomed.com/content/10/1/77

25. Semenya S, Maroyi A. Medicinal plants used for the treatment of tuberculosis by bapedi traditional healers in three districts of the Limpopo province, South Africa. Afr J Tradit Complement Altern Med [en línea]. 2013 [citado 25 Mayo 2016]; 10(2):316-323. Disponible en: http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ajtcam.v10i2.17

26. Karpa K. Development and implementation of an herbal and natural product elective in undergraduate medical education. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine [en línea]. 2012 [citado 25 Mayo 2016] 12:57.Disponible en: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6882/12/57.