Parasitology

The purpose I share my medical syllabus during my era is to help me know the topic should I revise during my free time to improve my medical knowledge and to give an idea for future medical students about the topic they would learn in medical school.

Topic of Parasitology discussed during my time in Medical School:

A. LECTURE:

1. 1st semester:

a. Basics Science in Medicine (Mechanisms of Disease and Physiological Responses):

- Definition and classification of parasites based on their habitat inside human body

- Mechanism of parasitic infection

- Morphology of parasite

- Immunity mechanism over parasitic infection

2. 3rd semester:

a. Reproductive system:

- Infection in pregnancy: Parasitic infection (Toxoplasmosis and Malaria)

b. Growth and Development:

- Factor that affecting growth and development of children: Parasitic infection

- Identifying infectious form of soil transmitted Helminths

3. 4th semester:

a. Respiratory System:

- Parasites of respiratory tract: Loeffler's syndrome, lungs trematodes, crab-lobster-crayfish

4. 5th semester:

a. Genitourinary System:

- Parasitic infection in genitourinary system: Trichomoniasis vaginalis, Schistosomiasis haemotobium)

b. Gastrointestinal System:

- Parasitic infection in digestive system: Intestinal Nematodes (Enterobiasis-E. vermicularis), intestinal Cestodes (Taeniasis-T. saginata, T. solium, t. asiatica, Hymenolepiasis nana), intestinal protozoan (amoebiasis, giardiasis, balantidiasis)

c. Special Senses System:

- Ocular Helminthiasis: Angiostrongylus cantonensis, Loa-loa, Onchocerca volvulus, Thelazia species)

- Ocular protozoiosis: Achantamoeba species, Toxoplasma gondii

5. 6th semester:

a. Brain and Mind System:

- Parasites in central nervous system infection: Naegleriasis, Acanthamoebiasis, Neurocysticercosis, Cerebral malaria, Cerebral toxoplasmosis

6. 7th semester:

a. Tropical Medicine:

- Malaria: Plasmodium species

- Filaria: Filaria species (lymphatic and non-lymphatic)

- Role of arthropods in tropical infectious disease: Role and control of mosquitoes

- Role and control of acarina in tropical infectious disease

- Parasitology in Travel medicine: Typanosomia species and Leishmania species (vector of typanosomiasis and leishmaniasis: Glossina fly, Phlebotomous fly, Triatomine bug)

b. Family Medicine:

- Basic in Family Medicine: Arthropodes bite (scorpionidae, araneids, hymenoptera - bee and ant, Coleoptera - beetle, chilopods) 

c. Elective (Tropical Infectious Disease):

- Intestinal parasites: Ascariasis, trichuriasis, anchylostomiasis, taeniasis, amoebiasis, giardiasis

- Lymphatic parasites: Filariasis

- Malaria

d. Basic Biomedical Science in Elective:

- General characteristics and profiles of parasites, hosts and vectors

- General pathogenesis of various important parasitic infections in human, a wrap up

- Sampling technique of malaria (thick blood smear)

B. LABORATORY:

1. 1st semester:

a. Basic Science in Medicine (Mechanisms of Disease and Physiological Responses):

- Nematodes (dry laboratory)

- Trematodes and cestodes (dry laboratory)

- Protozoa (dry laboratory)

- Plasmodium (dry laboratory)

2. 3rd semester:

a. Growth and Development:

- Identifying infectious form of soil transmitted Helminths

3. 5th semester:

a. Gastrointestinal System:

- Forms of intestinal parasites in human

4. 7th semester:

a. Tropical Medicine:

- Filaria and blood trematodes (wet laboratory)

- Blood protozoan (dry laboratory)

*This medical syllabus copied and edited from 1 manual book for 1st semester medical student, 2 manual books for 3rd semester medical student, 1 manual book for 4th semester medical student, 3 manual books for 5th semester medical student, 1 manual book for 6th semester medical student and 3 manual books for 7th semester medical student from my university during my era. 
**The topic currently discussed in my university may different from this syllabus due to progression of medical knowledge and improvement of quality for medical syllabus based on my university assessment.