At the completion of this course, the students should be able to:

1. Describe the diagnosis and treatment of medically important parasitic diseases in Sri Lanka;  
2. Describe and explain the appropriate measures for the prevention and control of parasitic diseases;
3. Describe other medically important parasitic diseases in the world;
4. Describe arthropod vectors that are capable of transmitting parasitic diseases and parasitic zoonoses;
5. Identify venomous and non-venomous snakes and describe the management of snakebites in Sri Lanka.