Abstract: The flipped classroom teaching mode based on small private online course (SPOC) combines the advantages of online and offline learning, and is widely used in medical education. This research took the course of clinical hematology for undergraduates in four-year program of clinical laboratory technology from Guangzhou Medical University as an example to use a SPOC based flipped classroom teaching mode. The teaching effect was evaluated by examination test, questionnaire survey and interviews by teachers and students. The examination results showed that 15.4% (17/113) of the students gained excellent scores (≥90 points) and 92.9% (105/113) of the students passed the examination (≥60 points).There are 79.6% (90/113) gained experimental scores over 18 points (out of 20 points).Totally 72.1% (70/97) of the students believed that this teaching mode enhanced their capacity of self-regulated learning and 90.7%(88/97) of the students were satisfied with the case-oriented module with integrated teaching mode in the experimental course. In addition, 32 students (40 in total) and 10 teachers (12 in total) believed that the teaching effectiveness of flipped classroom teaching mode based on SPOC was better than that of the traditional learning. Eight teachers believed that this teaching mode was a great challenge to their arrangement and organization abilities in class. The flipped classroom teaching mode based on SPOC demonstrates a good effectiveness, which improves students' capacity of self-regulated learning and of resolving clinical problems. However, this teaching pathway needs strong capacity of teachers with both knowledge and skills to run in clinical training of undergraduates.

Key words: Small private online course, Flipped classroom, Clinical laboratory major, Clinical hematology test