Abstract: Objective To study the advantages and theoretical basis of merging the two courses ---Child and Adolescent Health(CAH), Child Care(CC). Methods Comparative analysis was used to compare the contents of the course syllabus and teaching plans of CAH and CC with the public health physician examination syllabus. Results The results showed that most of the contents of CAH and CC were repeated, as the same knowledge of this two courses was taught respectively, more class hours were spent. This study found that the same knowledge of the two courses still play important role after the two courses had been merged. In addition they conformed to the contents of the public health physician examination syllabus. Conclusion Repeating the same contents and wasting class hours could be avoided by merging the two courses, the connections of this two courses could be enhanced by this way, contents of merging conform to the public health physician examination syllabus.

Key words: child and adolescent health, child health care, curriculum revolution