Teaching human parasitology in China

Parasites & Vectors

Table 2 Class hour requirements for human parasitology courses at some universities

University	Duration of major program^a	Total class hours
University	Duration of major program^a	Lecture	Practice
Shandong University	5 years	32	32
	6 years 7 years	32 36	32 36
	Foreign students	32	32
Jilin University	5 years 7 years	26 28	20 22
Yanbian University	5 years	26	20
Zunyi Medical College	5 years 4 years	30 16	20 8
Dalin Medical Universities	5 years	24	16
Henan University	5 years	36	18
Beijing University of Chinese Medicine	7 years	18	9
Capital Medical University	5 years 7 years	18 18	5 5

^a Four years, a bachelors degree program (nursing specialties); five years, a bachelor degree program (includes clinical, preventive, inspection, and dentistry as well as nursing specialties); six years, a bachelor degree program (Special Medical English Class); seven years, a bachelor, master, or other postgraduate degree program (including clinical, preventive, inspection and dentistry).

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