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TRADITIONAL
MEDICINE AND ACUPUNCTURE
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International Conference on
Journal of General Internal Medicine
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ISSN: 2591-7951
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Volume 2
Traditional 2018
Arch Gen Intern Med 2018, Volume 2 | DOI: 10.4066/2591-7951-C1-003
CONSIDERATIONS FOR MULTI-SITE RESEARCH STUDIES INVESTIGATING
CHINESE MEDICAL TREATMENT EFFECTIVENESS- THE LATEST ISSUES
AND A NEW PROJECT
Michael Popplewell
University of Technology, Australia
T
here has been a recent trend towards the publishing of guidelines and papers reporting on large studies in Traditional Chinese
Medicine (TCM) that include multiple sites for data collection and thousands of subjects. By all accounts it is an exciting time
in research in TCM and the results published in these large studies will have long term impacts on practitioners, researchers and
teaching institutions alike. However, are these projects premature? Have all the considerations been adequately addressed? In
particular, recent developments in diagnostic reliability may have an impact on the validity of these large studies. In this talk, the
latest trends in big data research in TCM and the results are reported. The guidelines currently used will be also assessed and the
potential effects that this research may have on our profession will be discussed. The details of the design of a large research
project currently in development by the author will also be presented.
michael@true-results.com.au