关于病原生物学研究生培养的思考

Thoughts on training graduate students in pathogen biology

近年来随着禽流感、埃博拉出血热疫情等一系列公共卫生事件的暴发,新发传染病和再发传染病蔓延范围不断扩大,涉及研究病毒、真菌、原虫、支原体等的病原生物学也在快速发展,并不断与其他交叉学科互相渗透、融合。病原生物学是联系基础医学与临床医学的桥梁学科。科研水平不断提高,研究方向也在不断扩展,作为科研活动主体的研究生无论现在还是未来都将肩负着巨大的任务。提高病原生物学研究生的教学质量对保障我国公共卫生事业的长远发展极为重要。针对这一现状,本文针对在病原生物学教学中常见的一些问题提出几点思考。

Over the past few years, outbreaks of emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases such as avian influenza and Ebola hemorrhagic fever have led to a series of public health crises. Although these diseases continue to spread, pathogen biology, i.e. the study of microorganisms such as viruses, fungus, protozoa, and mycoplasmas, has also devel- oped rapidly. Pathogen biology is a bridge between basic medicine and clinical medicine. Enhancing the level of research and expanding avenues for research is a heavy responsibility borne by graduate students. Thus, improving the quality of pathogen biology instruction for graduate students is key to ensuring the long-term development of China＇s public health sector. This article discusses several issues that commonly arise when teaching pathogen biology.