A comparison of CDIO-based medical education and traditional medical educa-tion at Yangzhou University

Ability of sustainable learning and skills of medical students are important. We assessed the effectiveness of CDIO based medical education in Yangzhou University. Sixty medical students at Yangzhou University volunteered to be part of a feasibility study for demonstrating the concept of CDIO. All medical students of CDIO-based group found the CDIO program to be very satisfactory, and all expressed that they would like to have further CDIO-based experiences if given the opportunity. The students of CDIO-based program and traditional program have different average mark of 86 and 77 for the OSCE (p<0.05) at the last test. CDIO could be useful in medical education.