Objective　To investigate the teaching effect of standardized patient teaching model in the practice teaching of emergency medicine. Methods　A total of 50 standardized training residents were randomly divided into experimental group and control group during the process of medical history collection and special physical examination. The residents in the experimental group were taught with the standardized patient teaching model

and those in the control group were taught with the model of traditional theory teaching followed by clinical practice. Assessment was performed after the course was completed. Results Compared with the control group

the experimental group had significantly higher scores of medical history collection and physical examination (P<0.05). The experimental group also had significantly higher scores of communication and humanistic concern than the control group (P<0.05). The questionnaire survey showed that the medical students preferred the standardized patient teaching model

and they thought such model could improve doctor-patient communication ability and clinical practice (P<0.05). Conclusion　The standardized patient teaching model can significantly improve the effect of practice teaching of emergency medicine and plays an important role in improving the clinical skills of medical students in emergency.