Form 1 survey

Survey Questionnaire: Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Information for Health Care Providers

OMB No 0925-0530-05

Exp. Date 10/31/2010

We’re interested in learning about what information on CAM would be helpful to you as a health care professional. Your responses will be confidential and anonymous (see http://nccam.nih.gov/tools/privacy.htm). Thank you for sharing your thoughts.

CAM is a group of diverse medical and health care systems, practices, and products that are not generally considered to be part of conventional medicine. Examples of CAM include such products
and practices as herbal supplements, meditation, chiropractic manipulation, and acupuncture.

1. Would the following evidence-based information on complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) be helpful to you in your practice?

• Literature reviews on CAM modalities (e.g., acupuncture, chiropractic)

YES NO

• Literature reviews on CAM modalities for specific conditions (e.g., acupuncture for low-back pain) YES NO

• Herb-drug interactions YES NO

2. Would the following general information on CAM be helpful to you in your practice?

• Definitions of CAM terms/practices YES NO

• Tips for evaluating CAM practitioners YES NO

• Patient fact sheets on CAM topics YES NO

• CAM Use statistics YES NO

• Summaries of NCCAM research highlights YES NO

• FDA Alerts YES NO

3. What other information on CAM would be valuable to you in your practice?

4. Where do you get your information on CAM? (Please specify.)

5. Do you receive health information for your practice via: (Check all that apply.)

• Audio podcasts

• Video podcasts

• Online CMEs

• Mobile Web devices

Thank you for helping us by completing this questionnaire. If you wish to provide further comments, please e-mail them to info@nccam.nih.gov or write the NCCAM Clearinghouse, P.O. Box 7923, Gaithersburg, MD 20898-7923.

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