ABSTRACT
Objective To study the education of medical mycology for undergraduates of medical laboratory specialty and provide a basis for teaching reformation.Method Setting of mycology related courses of medical mycology for undergraduates in 5 medical schools and 85 inspection and technical personnel's detection of fungi in 81 hospitals were investigated through consultation and questionnaire survey.Results More than 140 class hours for medical mycology were arranged in 5 schools,but as to medical mycology,22 class hours in 1 school and less than 10 class hours in 4 schools,the minimum class hours were 5.Although various numbers of Candida and filamentous fungi could be isolated in hospitals investigated,more than half laboratory workers could not identify penicillium,thermally dimorphic fungi,Zygomycetes and Dematiaceous fungi.Conclusion Education on medical mycology for medical laboratory specialty undergraduates is insufficient and the corresponding teaching lacks such content as medically important pathogenic fungi detection methods and identification characteristics.The hospital technical personnel's fungal identification ability cannot meet the situation of increasing fungal infection involved in clinical medicine,so it is necessary to carry out teaching reformation of medical mycology for undergraduates in laboratory medicine,including adding class hours,increasing course contents and so on.