Abstract: Ideological and political education is an important construct that has been gradually incorporated into the delivery of all specialty courses. It is essential for the building of professionalism and competence in higher education. This study investigated the practice of ideological and political education in medical microbiology course at Tianjin Medical University through setting up relevant teaching objectives, excavating the elements, designing cases, using various teaching methods, creating online teaching platform and implementing quantitative evaluation system. In June 2021, after the end of the course, a questionnaire survey was conducted among students of 4 majors in grade 2019. The results showed that the overall satisfaction of students for the ideological and political education component reached 93.6% (615/657). Majority of students [91.5% (601/657)] believed that the duration of ideological and political teaching in class was appropriate, and 81.9% (538/657) of them acknowledged that the combination of online and offline teaching mode was satisfying. Moreover, the satisfaction rate of the achievement of 5 moral teaching objectives were 89.8% (590/657), 93.3% (613/657), 92.4% (607/657), 92.7% (609/657) and 93.6% (615/657), respectively. The ideological and political education practice of medical microbiology has achieved the expected outcomes and has been well received by students.

Key words: Medical microbiology, Curriculum ideological and political education, Moral establishment and student cultivation, Curriculum reform