Objective To introduce co-word analysis into the analysis of the current research status of pediatric education mode

to analyze and summary the hot spots and the structure of knowledge in research topics of the field in China over the past decade. Methods We retrieved all the papers in Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) and Wanfang database from 2006. 1 to 2017. 6，using keywords “pediatrics” and “education mode”. Microsoft Office Word

Bicomb2.0

SPSS20.0

Ucinet 6.0 and Netdraw were used to analyze the data and generate diagrammatic representation. Results Total of 367 articles were identified and 31 frequently used keywords were extracted. The most frequently used keyword was “PBL method”. Research in this area can be roughly divided into four categories: teaching methods in pediatric internships

contents of assessments in paediatric teaching

teaching methods of pediatric nursing professions

and the objects of teaching method reform. The key words in the central area of the co-occurrence network map were PBL method

multimedia teaching

case-based learning method and nursing. Conclusion In the last decade

to explore the practice of various teaching methods is the main content of research about the pediatric education mode in China. Problem-based learning (PBL) is a research focus in this field

which is always combined with multimedia

case teaching or other methods applied to the practice of pediatric teaching. And more and more attention has being paid to the application of evidence-based medicine.