Abstract: Objective To investigate the “Precision Treatment for Oncology” course, which is offered by Peking Union Medical College.The course is aiming for collecting students′ opinions and suggestions to optimize the course setting and improve the teaching quality. Methods This investigation collected data by questionnaire survey and interviewing from Dec.2021 to Feb.2022. The questionnaire data and interview data were analysed. Results Thirty-six quantitative questionnaires and five qualitative questionnaires were included. Improving professional knowledge and personal interests were two main reasons for students to choose courses, which existed statistical differences on different aspects of course evaluation. The overall score evaluated by medical students was 9.22 and 94.4% of the students thought the course achieved the desired goal. The scores of teachers′ teaching attitude, frontier and practicality of course content were 9.81, 9.08 and 8.86 points respectively. The students hoped to increase the case analysis practice and thematic discussion activities to enrich the teaching form. Conclusions This elective course for graduate is recognized and accepted by students. More efforts are needed in future to optimize curriculum settings, innovate teaching methods, improve teaching quality and explore new pathways for medical graduate education matching the needs of students.

Key words: medical education, precision treatment for oncology, medical postgraduate, course evaluation