Objective　To summarize the status and trends of papers published by Chinese scholars on the combination teaching model in the area of medical education in China. Methods　Literature retrieval was performed on CNKI

WanFang

and VIP database

and studies regarding to combination teaching model in medical education were selected and analyzed. BICOMS-2 analysis software was used to extract and sort out keywords

provinces

authors and their organizations and generate co-occurrence matrix and/or word matrix. NetDraw and gCLUTO software were used to draw the network relationship diagram and cluster analysis respectively. Results　Totally 99 articles were included this study

and the number of articles published each year showed an increasing trend. Authors from 15 provinces contributed to these articles

with uneven development and limited cooperation across regions. The authors were divided into 4 main groups

but the communication among these groups was not enough. And there were 3 main research topics. Conclusion　The number of articles on combination teaching model in medical education in China is increasing

covering many authors

teams

institutions and regions. However

the communication and cooperation among these authors and institutions needs to be strengthened; and the research topics should be expanded.