Abstract: Objective To explore the effect of multidisciplinary collaborative teaching model in clinical teaching of epilepsy compared with conventional teaching mode. Methods 30 students who studied at the Epilepsy Center of Xuanwu Hospital in 2016 as research subjects. Of these 15 students from autumn 2016 semester were the experimental groupand 15 students from Spring 2016 Semester were the control group. The control group underwent the conventional teachingwhile the experimental group received the multidisciplinary cooperative teaching. The period of teaching in both groups lasted for 3 months. The effects of different teaching modes were evaluated in the form of examination and questionnaire. Results The test scores of the experimental group were better than those in the control groupand the difference was statistically significant (t=2.08, P<0.05). The results of the questionnaire showed that the students in the experimental group were more satisfied with the multidisciplinary collaborative teaching model. Conclusions It is helpful to improve students’ clinical diagnosis and treatment ability and to train high-level medical professionals by introducing multidisciplinary collaborative teaching into epilepsy teaching.

Key words: Multidisciplinary team, Teaching model, Epilepsy, Clinical ability