Objective Based on the existing problems in the process of teaching of information technology courses in many medical colleges, this paper grasps the development trend of discipline and industry, and explores the reform of the teaching content of information technology courses.Methods This paper adopts the way of self-designed questionnaire which targets at a total of 509 students who own five year system in clinical medicine from 2013 to 2015 in Fenyang College of Shanxi Medical University to proceed the relevant investigation on the teaching of medical information technology courses ,then deals with the questionnaire data by Microsoft Excel 2016.Results Most students think that Course Content Settings of medical information technology based on electronic medical records are useful(useful+very useful),and 78.4%(379/509) of students who learn the course is to master the operation of electronic documents so as to complete the writing of electronic medical records proficiently, and 61.7% (314/509)of students think that they should strengthen professional-related skills.Conclusions Medical information technology course takes the application of Electric Medical Record as the platform, it is not only optimizes the knowledge structure of this course, but also scientifically arranges the content of theoretical and experimental teaching, and combines the teaching of medical information technology with vocational skills, which helps to improve students' job competency.