Abstract: Objective  To explore effective ways to carry out ideological and political ability training of medical college teachers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods  A total of 73 clinical teachers from the clinical medical schools of Capital Medical University were selected as the subjects, 41 in offline training group and 32 in online training group. They were assessed in a unified way including theoretical assessment and submission of ideological and political theory education cases. Results  There was no significant difference in male to female ratio, average age and clinical teaching years between the two groups (P>0.05). In terms of learning effect evaluation, there was no statistical difference between the two groups in the scores of theoretical assessment and the scores of ideological and political theory education cases (P>0.05), but the submission rate of ideological and political theory education cases in the offline group (92.68%) was higher than that in the online group (75.00%), and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). In terms of teaching quality evaluation, there was no significant difference between the two groups in aspects of ideological and political theory education concept, teaching ability and teaching evaluation of demonstration courses (P>0.05), but the very satisfactory rate of online training group in theoretical teaching link (96.88%) was significantly higher than that of offline training group (78.05%), and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). Conclusion  During the COVID-19 pandemic, the online and offline training of teachers' ideological and political ability has achieved the same effect, yet each has its own advantages. Therefore, the “online and offline” mixed training method might be adopted according to the course content.

Key words: COVID-19 pandemic, medical colleges, ideological and political education, training methods, effect