Abstract: Objective To evaluate the effect of the medical education program“chief resident afternoon tea”on undergraduate medical students. Methods We surveyed the 6th year，7th year and 8th year undergraduate medical students from Peking Union Medical College (PUMC) who are attending or have attended the program in 2018 on their attitudes towards“chief resident afternoon tea”and to what extent they benefited from the four teaching objectives of competency. Results Based on visual Analog Scale, the mean scores of the attractiveness of the program were 6.62±1.92 to 6th year students, 6.55±2.26 to 7th year students and 6.15±2.02 to 8th year students.The three groups of the students valued 6.94±1.99, 6.82±2.03 and 6.55±1.80 on their benefit of problem-solving skills, respectively; valued 6.68 ±2.00, 6.27±2.09 and 5.89±2.06 on their benefit of communication skills; valued 6.18 ±2.43，6.51±2.23 and 5.98±2.13 on their benefit of medical humanity, and valued 6.52 ±2.13, 6.35±2.04 and 5.93±1.62 on their benefit of improvement of way of learning. Conclusions Undergraduate medical students showed their preference for the teaching program of “chief resident afternoon tea”. It played an important role in competence training.

Key words: medical education, competency, medical humanity