Abstract: Objective To investigate the role of PBL teaching method in clinical practice of thoracic oncological surgery. Methods 34 students of clinical medical specialty in Xinjiang Medical University were randomly divided into PBL group (Problem-based learning group, n=17) and (traditional LBL group traditional lecture-based learning group, n=17). The effectiveness of these two different teaching group were compared. Results Both average scores of common knowledge and clinical case analysis in PBL group were signiifcantly higher than those of LBL group. The student's ability of self learning, the way of clinical thinking and the capability of knowledge understanding in PBL group were signiifcantly better than those in LBL group. Conclusion The way of PBL can improve the effectiveness of medical student's learning in the clinical practice of thoracic oncological surgery, enhance their capability of patients treatment. The PBL teaching method in practice of thoracic oncological surgery has certain promotion value.

Key words: problem-based learning, lecture-based learning, clinical practice, thoracic oncological surgery