Rehabilitation students‘ awareness of unconventional medicine and willingness to integrate it in practice

Abstract

In the last years there have been numerous studies of unconventional methods as a result of increasing interest to its possibilities for additional treatment of chronic disease. This aim of this article is to investigate the level of awareness of rehabilitation students of unconventional medicine and their readiness to apply it in practice. Material and Methods The study was done among third year Rehabilitation students at the Medical Colleges of Varna and Sofia. Results and Discussion The study revealed that a large number of the participants are familiar with the methods of unconventional medicine. They used social media as the main resource to get information on the subject. Half of the respondents are willing to integrate unconventional medicine in their practice. Conclusion The analysis of the result presents the need of incorporating unconventional medicine in the educational program of Rehabilitation students.