AIM  To study innovative methods for the integration of ideological and political education in the cardiovascular internal medicine practice curriculum.

  METHODS  Forty students majoring in 5+3 clinical medicine in Jilin university were selected as research subjects and they were randomly divided into two groups: experimental group (n=20) and control group (n=20). In experiment group, online practice teaching of cardiovascular system based on novel coronavirus infection cases was adopted and ideological and political education was integrated in the course in the mode of “battlefield teaching”. In control group, online practice teaching based on non-infected cases was adopted and ideological and political elements were integrated during teaching. After the internship, theoretical examination and case analysis examination were conducted and the teaching feedback on ideological and political education was collected from the students.

  RESULTS  The scores of case analysis in experimental group were significantly higher than those in control group (P<0.05). There was no significantly difference between the two groups in the scores of theoretical test. Teaching feedback in experimental group was better than that in control group.

  CONCLUSION  “Battlefield teaching” ideological and political mode achieves good teaching and ideological and political results and is suitable for practice teaching of cardiovascular internal medicine.