The practice and experience on compilation of digital textbook Human Parasitology

Abstract

The planned digital textbook Human Parasitology, the first of its kind, published by People＇s Medical Publishing House is an important medical education effort that features the inte- gration of digital resources. This paper introduces the digital textbook construction goal, namely using paper-based textbook for five-year undergraduates as blueprint to reasonably display the digital re- sources based on the features of the discipline. The advantages of this digital approach over traditional paper-based textbook in demonstrating parasitic morphology, lifecycle, pathogenesis, diagnosis, epi- demiology and control are discussed. Valuable experiences in planning and constructing this digital textbook are to be shared. Key words: Human parasitology; Digital textbook; Five-year undergraduate course; Medical education