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Sang-Il Lee, MD, PhD, MPH, Young-Ho Khang, MD, PhD, Moo-Song Lee, MD, PhD and Weechang Kang, PhD

Sang-Il Lee, Young-Ho Khang, and Moo-Song Lee are with the Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. Weechang Kang is with the Department of Information and Statistics, Daejeon University, Daejeon, Korea.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be addressed to Young-Ho Khang, MD, PhD, Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, 388-1 Poongnap-Dong Songpa-Gu, Seoul, 138-736 Korea (e-mail: youngk{at}amc.seoul.kr).

Objectives. We compared knowledge of, attitudes toward, and experience with complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) among Western medicine–trained doctors (WMDs) and Oriental medicine–trained doctors (OMDs).

Methods. In Korea, 502 WMDs and 500 OMDs were interviewed with a structured questionnaire.

Results. OMDs held more favorable attitudes toward CAM than did WMDs. OMDs possessed a deeper understanding of and greater experience with CAM. OMDs more readily endorsed health beliefs congruent with CAM.

Conclusions. In the future, CAM can be more readily used by OMDs than by WMDs. Because evidence for the effectiveness of CAM remains sparse, more research is needed for the prudent use of CAM in Korea. An education and training system for potential CAM providers remains to be developed.

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