Khảo sát kiến thức và một số yếu tố liên quan về cây thuốc nam của sinh viên y học cổ truyền Trường Đại học Y dược Cần Thơ năm 2021

These days, the need to provide knowledge about medicinal plants, especially for Traditional medicine's students, is very important. Objectives: To determine the percentage of students who have knowledge about herbal medicine and factors related to the knowledge of traditional medicine students at Can Tho University of Medicine and Pharmacy Material and methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted by interviews with students through questionnaires about plant names, medicinal parts, effects of plants. Twenty-five common medicinal plants in the Mekong Delta were selected in a pilot survey from 70 medicinal plants in a list of medicinal plants used in traditional medicine examination and treatment established by the Ministry of Health. The survey was conducted on 120 students of traditional medicine in years 1, 2, 5 and 6 from June 2021 to July 2021. Results: Students with good knowledge of plant names accounted for 35.8%, used part was 36.7% and effect was 26.7%. The average number of correct answers about the plant name was 13.63/25, the used part was 13.58/25 and the effect was 10.90/25 plants. Conclusion: Most students had not good knowledge about medicinal plants.