"Conocimiento, actitud y aceptación acerca de la medicina alternativa, en los médicos-profesores de la Escuela de Medicina de la Universidad Industrial de Santander"

introduction: in the process of institutionalizing alternative medicine and complementary therapies teaching at medicine schools is important to know the attitudes of medic-teachers in charge of forming the future health care professionals. objective: to know the attitudes of the medicine professionals about alternative medicine and complementary therapies in their job as professional medicine professors at the medicine school at universidad industrial de santander, in bucaramanga. methodology: observational-descriptive study supported by quantitative techniques. results: 112 professors answered the survey, 67 didn't and 5 couldn't be reached. 72.3% of the study population had no knowledge of alternative medicine and complementary therapies. the feelings of those that answered the survey where neutral to good towards the different disciplines and are manifested by the personal use, recommendation to family and friends, looking for training, discussing about and referring patients, as well as suggesting the sciencie field to their students. conclusions: the degree of knowledge of the study population about alternative medicine and complementary therapies determines their attitude and how they feel about the different disciplines. salud uis 2012; 44 (1): 45-55