Clinical education for undergraduates in China can be divided into three phases: pre-clinical phase

clinical clerkship phase

clinical practice phase

and each phase has its own features and different teaching tasks. Currently there are four teaching methods mostly applied in clinical education: lecture-based Learning (LBL)

team-based learning (TBL)

case-based learning (CBL) and problem-based learning (PBL). LBL is a teacher-centered teaching method

which focuses on making knowledge accurate

systematic and comprehensive; TBL

CBL and PBL are student-centered teaching methods

which can improve students' enthusiasm and subject initiative. Each teaching method has ad-vantages and dis-advantages. According to the different characteristics of three stages of medical edu-cation

this paper analyzes the reasonable application of different medical teaching methods in three stages of undergraduate medical education: in preclinical stage

combining LBL with TBL teaching methods; in clinical clerkship phase

combining the teaching methods of LBL

TBL and CBL; in clinical practice stage

combining CBL with PBL teaching methods.