title: Faculty survey to assess research literacy and evidence-informed practice interest and support at Pacific College of Oriental Medicine.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Educating healthcare practitioners to understand, critically evaluate, and apply evidence to the clinical practice of complementary and alternative medicine has been an important initiative for the National Institutes of Health National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To determine the self-assessed research skills and interest of faculty at Pacific College of Oriental Medicine (New York campus) and their likely support of, and participatory interest in, an evidence-based medicine (EBM) training program.
  
  
  METHODS
  The survey was administered in Survey Monkey. All questions were close-ended with 5-point Likert answers, except for one open-ended question at the end of the survey.
  
  
  METHODS
  One of three campuses of Pacific College of Oriental Medicine (PCOM), the largest Chinese medicine college in the United States.
  
  
  METHODS
  102 faculty employed at PCOM.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The response rate was 88.7%. Responses illustrated a generally high degree of interest and support for research, EBM, and institutional participation in research activities. Faculty who responded to the open-ended question (19.6% of respondents) expressed concerns about the relevance of research to Chinese medicine and the possibility of co-option by biomedicine.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  While faculty were overall supportive and interested in research and EBM, the results are consistent with the hypothesis that success of EBM training programs could be enhanced by soliciting and addressing faculty concerns and by being inclusive of approaches that honor the traditions of Chinese medicine and its own forms of clinical evidence.
authors.affiliation: 1 Pacific College of Oriental Medicine , New York, NY.
authors.forename: Belinda J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: Benjamin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kligler
authors.forename: Barry
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: Hillel W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: Paul R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Marantz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003479:Curriculum; D003625:Data Collection; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000193:education*; D005180:Faculty, Medical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008518:Medicine, East Asian Traditional; D008875:Middle Aged; D009518:New York; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012106:Research; D012577:Schools, Medical; D014495:Universities