Objective　To explore the application prospect of education cloud platform + dual track teaching in continuing medical education of thoracic surgery. Methods　A total of 100 trainees who participated in continuing medical education in thoracic surgery department in Air Force Medical University were randomly divided into experimental group and control group

with 50 students in each group. The experimental group adopted education cloud platform + dual-track teaching

and the control group adopted dual-track teaching. At the end of the study

an examination of theoretical knowledge and practical operation would be conducted; at the same time

an anonymous questionnaire survey would be used to evaluate the satisfaction of the two teaching modes. SPSS 20.0 was used for t test and chi-square test. Results　There was no statistically significant difference between the two groups in basic theoretical performance. The professional theoretical performance [(28.6±3.7) points] and operational theory performance [(34.9±4.7) points] of the experimental group were higher than those of the control group

with significant differences (P<0.05). The experimental group performed better than the control group in five practical operation assessments: basic operation of thoracoscopy

basic operation of opening and closing the chest

operation of vascular isolation and suture

operation of esophageal anastomosis and operation of tracheal anastomosis

with statistical differences (P<0.05). The satisfaction with teaching of experimental group was significantly higher than that of the control group (P<0.05). Conclusion　Education cloud platform + dual track teaching can effectively ensure the teaching progress of problem-based learning (PBL) and team-based learning (TBL)

improve students' learning effect

and has high promotion and application value.