Awareness, Practices, and Demands of Traditional Medicine Providers for Continuous Medical Education in District Hospitals of Vietnam

Table 4

Demands on TM CME.

Characteristics		n	%
Have demand for TM CME (n = 280)		243	86.8
Content of TM CME (n = 243)
Fundamental knowledge		79	32.5
Acupuncture		141	58.0
Pathology of diseases		118	48.6
Traditional medication use		132	54.3
Nursing, massage, and reflexology skills		103	42.4
Others		10	4.1
Training type (n = 243)
Regular short training classes		191	78.6
Long-term training classes		50	20.6
Retraining to change professionals		9	3.7
Others		6	2.5
Duration of each training class (n = 243)
<3 days		78	32.1
3–6 days		77	31.7
>6 days		88	36.2
Places of training class (n = 243)
Hospitals where participants worked		149	61.3
Hospitals in higher levels of system		50	20.6
Training organizations		48	19.8
Support needed
Financial		176	72.4
Time	123	50.6
Materials	154	63.4
Qualified lecturers	139	57.2
TM knowledge	97	39.9
TM practice	85	35.0