Perspectives on Medical Services Integration among Conventional Western, Traditional Korean, and Dual-Licensed Medical Doctors in Korea

Table 3

Perception on the WM education in KM school.

Questionnaire items	KM doctor	DL doctor		WM-based DL doctor	KM-based DL doctor
WM education takes up excessive portion of curriculum in KM schools	2.61 ± 0.915	3.09 ± 1.091	Z = −3.519***	3.34 ± 1.044	2.74 ± 1.071	Z = −2.725**
The amount of WM education allocated to KM schools is insufficient	2.90 ± 0.936	3.26 ± 1.024	Z = −2.918**	3.19 ± 0.991	3.37 ± 1.070	Z = −1.011
The quality of WM education in KM schools is unsatisfactory	3.52 ± 0.991	4.04 ± 0.900	Z = −4.170***	3.90 ± 0.923	4.23 ± 0.841	Z = −1.946

∗∗P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001.
KM: traditional Korean medicine; WM: western medicine.