The general survey for the curricula of traditional medicine (TM) in medical, dental and pharmaceutical courses (Universities and Colleges) has been carried out in Japan.
In this survey, TM in medical specialist education has come to focus on the following items;
1) Execution of TM educational issues
2) Prospect of education
3) Courses should be introduced from now
As a result: more than half of the Universities which does not introduce TM state reason for shortning of School hours and lack of the teaching staff. The total percentage of Universities which already introduced or intended to introduced TM soon exceed 37%. In medical and dental courses, TM will be introduced in clinical medicine as well as an optional subject. On the other hand, TM will be introduced as a postgraduate curriculum and optional subject in pharmaceutical courses.

The general survey for the curricula of traditional medicine (TM) in medical, dental and pharmaceutical courses (Universities and Colleges) has been carried out in Japan.
In this survey, TM in medical specialist education has come to focus on the following items;
1) A status of the introduction of TM in the curricula of medical, dental and pharmaceutical courses respectively
2) A comparision of the above status between public and private courses
3) Contents of the curricula of traditional medicine
4) An analysis of education system and contents in the medical specialist education
It was shown that TM education has been introduced 26% of the universities and the rate of introduction was higher in private universities than that of public.
Other statistical results of the survey are presented in this report.