Objective　To explore the application method and effect of online teaching of pediatrics in undergraduate clinical medicine. Methods　From March to August

2020

two classes of pediatrics were selected as research objects: 67 students from Batch 2016 5+3 clinical medicine class were taught by providing recorded teaching resources and online communication and answering questions (hereinafter referred to as recorded courses); 39 students from Batch 2015 5+3 clinical medicine class were taught by live courses and online communication and answering questions (hereinafter referred to as live courses). Through the questionnaire survey on the two groups of students

the effect of the two online teaching methods were compared and the medical students' views and suggestions on them were collected. SPSS 26.0 was used for statistical analysis. Results　Most of the students in the two groups (98.1%) agreed with the effect of the online teaching of pediatrics and thought it could meet their learning needs. There was no significant difference in the online teaching effect between recorded courses group and live courses group (P > 0.05). However

they had a poor recognition with the implementation of complete online teaching in the future

while they preferred the combination of online teaching with practical exercises in offline hospitals. Conclusion　Online teaching of pediatrics has been recognized by medical students. The two online teaching methods have their own advantages: recorded courses are more planned and the content is more rigorous; live courses are more interactive and flexible. However

considering that medicine is a highly practical subject

it still needs to be supplemented by offline practice while giving full play to the advantages of online teaching.