Abstract: Objective To improve the learing outcomes of parasitology by asking undergraduates of nursing school to make a nursing plan for patients with parasitic diseases during the process of teaching human parasitology. Methods Undergraduates of four-year curriculum in School of Nursing, Peking Union Medical College enrolled in 2019 (n=125) and in 2018 (n=150) were selected as objects in experiment group and control group respectively. The education in the experiment group was supplemented by writing a simulating nursing plan while in the control group only implemented the traditional teaching performance. The learning outcome was evaluated in forms of both test of key knowledge points and a questionnaire survey at the end of the last class undertaken by the author in each semester. Results The performance of the students in the experiment group was statistically better than the control group in terms of the test of key knowledge points, as well as the capacity building of self-learning , problem-analyzing and solving, nursing cognition for patients with parasitic diseases,understanding of related theory to practice, communication skill and team spirit, enthusiasm for learning parasitology, and the overall satisfaction to the teaching design and methods (P＜0.05). Conclusions The teaching of parasitology supplemented with creating simulating nursing plans for patients with parasitic diseases is guided by the concept of “workplace-based learning” in the current teaching system, and is proved to be a smart pathway of education in nursing school as a supplement to routine teaching process.

Key words: teaching human parasitology, four-year program of nursing, independent study, workplace-based learning