Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
SIVAS II. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SCIENTIFIC AND INNOVATION RESEARCH, Sivas, Türkiye, 15 - 17 Eylül 2023, cilt.1, sa.1, ss.504-511
Abstract
According
to the World Health Organization, Traditional and Complementary Medicine (TCM)
is “the sum total of the knowledge, skill, and practices based on the theories,
beliefs, and experiances indigenous to different cultures, whether explicable
or not, used in the maintenance of health as well as in the prevention,
diagnosis, improvement or treatment of physical and mental illness.” In our
country Turkey, the most comprehensive regulation on TCM was published as “Traditional
and Complementary Medicine Practices Regulation” in 2014. In this regulation,
15 applications were accepted and their usage areas and usage competencies were
determined.
Physiotherapists
who are an integral part of the health sector, are often preferred for TCM
practices in our society. Nonetheless in the regulation published in 2014, the
practice competencies of physiotherapists were limited and there was
uncertainty throughout the society. In this study, the place of the
physiotherapist within the situs of the regulation was examined.
TCM
practices are carried out by certified physicians, dentists, pharmacists and
some special professional groups on the condition that they are limited to
their own fields. In addition, healthcare professionals with basic training in
the field of practice can also assist certified physicians. In this context,
physiotherapists have the competence to practice in the section of certified
health workers, provided that they are under the supervision of a physician. The
branches that are allowed according to the regulation are leech therapy,
chiropractic, cupping therapy, osteopathy, reflexology, music therapy. In order
for the physiotherapist to perform these applications, there is a condition of
being under the supervision of a physician and being certified.
As a result, physiotherapists can apply leech therapy,
chiropractic, cupping therapy, osteopathy, reflexology and music therapy in our
country if suitable conditions are provided.
Keywords: Complementary and
alternative medicine, Complementary medicine, Alternative medicine, Traditiniol
medicine, physiotherapy, physiotherapist.