01980nas a2200277   4500000000100000008004100001653001800042653001200060653001400072653002500086100001100111700001100122700001000133700001000143700001200153700001000165700001100175700001100186700001000197700000900207700001100216245012700227300001100354520132300365022001401688       2019                            d10aHelminthiasis10aControl10aDiagnoses10aAssessing competence1 aRuan Y1 aTian T1 aZhu Z1 aHao Y1 aZhang L1 aZhu T1 aWang L1 aWang Q1 aCao C1 aLi S1 aZhou X00aAssessing Competence for Helminthiases: A Lesson Learnt from National Contest of Parasitic Diseases in China in 2012-2016.  a1050783 a<p>This study aimed to assess the competency of health professionals on helminthiasis control in China. The assessment system comprised of two parts, one being the parasitological knowledge test and the other a technical skills assessment. The knowledge test mainly examined morphology, epidemiology, life history and diagnosis of common and important parasites. The skills assessment consisted of sample slides making and species identification using microscopy. From 2012 to 2016, a total of 616 participants from different levels of parasitic diseases prevention and control departments of CDC took part in the assessment. The results had shown a high level of academic knowledge among participants. Accuracy rates of schistosomiasis, echinococcosis, food-borne helminthiases, and soil-transmitted helminthiasis were all above 60%. This showed an excellent knowledge level of helminthiases by participants. However, among all 616 participants, 94.97% passed the thick-smear passing test (&gt;= 60% ), while in microscopy tests the equivalent was only 43.67%. Competencies in different districts varied. It is imperative to set up a North-South skill exchange mechanism of helminthiases diagnostic techniques and to apply new diagnostic tools widely to strengthen helminthiases prevention and control in China.</p>
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