Abstract: The outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic at the change-over of winter and spring triggered some thoughts. This paper ponders from the following 14 aspects :(1) the healthcare providers performance annotated the spirit of contemporary medicine with their blood, sweat and life, worthy of praise; (2) effective comprehensive governance at the social level is the linchpin for running of modern society and the effective functioning of health; (3) the key to improving the effectiveness of prevention and treatment of emergent epidemic diseases lies in the trans-disciplinary coordination and an clear outcome-based goal; (4) the support for medical development should be strengthened, and the institutional guarantee of medical development should be implemented; (5) the reformation of medical education should focus on the remodeling of system structure and implementation mechanism with a clear design of top-level model; (6) modern medicine should adhere to the concept of evidence-based medicine as a solid foundation; (7) while emphasizing the original innovation of science, we should also attach importance to the training of innovation thinking mode; (8) medical research should strengthen the research of basic science and attach importance to the transformation of research achievements; (9) academic research, epidemic prevention and control are two arms of one body and they support, interact and supplement each other; (10) it is imperative to reform the system and mechanism of medical college training; (11) the establishment of medical colleges and the design of medical specialties should be coordinated and implemented at the national level; (12) establish a medical education accreditation system covering basic medical education, postgraduate medical education and continuing professional development; (13) scientifically design a qualification accreditation system for doctors, and thus to solve the problems of training and operation of clinical graduates and graduate postgraduate examination; (14) it is imperative to strengthen the scientific education of public health.

Key words: COVID-19, Medical education management, Top-level design, Comprehensive social governance, Medical education reform