Abstract:
The world population’s demand for non-conventional practices regarding health care augmented substantially over the last decade, the doctors are being increasingly required to have the basic notions concerning the current diversified therapeutics, so that they can guide the patients under their care that want to use treatments which are different from those habitually used by them. ln this case the medical schools have to give the undergraduate and postgraduate students the knowledge referring to the scientific evidences, the theoretical presuppositions and the clinical and therapeutic approaches used in these different treatment forms. The present review has the purpose of fomenting the discussion regarding the teaching of non-conventional medical practices (homeopathy and acupuncture) in Bazilian Medical Schools. lt is focused on the interest of the population and of the medical class (students, residents and specialists) ln these referred therapeutics, on the importance of Brazilian initiatives, as well as those of other countries concerning undergraduate, postgraduate and residence teaching; and on the perspectives regarding medical education in terms of non-convenfional practices in health care.
Key-words:
Education, Medical; Education, medical, postgraduate; Comlementary therapies; Homeotherapy; Acupuncture; Atitude; Curriculum