Abstract: Objective To explore the effects of non-standardized test through group collaboration in the courses of introduction to clinical medicine-behavioral medicine among eight-year program students.Methods Seventy grade 2017 eight-year clinical medical students of Sichuan University were enrolled in June 2018 in this study. The feedback was collected by questionnaire on some elements of curriculum reform application of non-standardized test.Results Totally 55.7%(39/70) students strongly supported the examination method of non-standardized. 80.0%(56/70) students tended to the model of teaching partly by teachers and group collaboration for studying and testing. 72.9%(51/70) students were more likely to choose the way of group collaboration test but not individual test and suggested that the most suitable number of group members is 3 to 4.Conclusions Non-standardized examination of group collaboration can help to improve some clinical abilities of eight-year clinical medical program students, and it is worth exploring and improving in the further teaching of behavioral medicine.

Key words: Eight-year clinical medical program, Medical students, Behavioral medicine, Non-standardized test