Abstract: Medical adult education is an important part of medical higher education and an effective way in lifelong education. Based on the analysis of the present educational background of medical laboratory and technology practitioners in 10 hospitals in Beijing, this study revised the enrollment conditions of adult education in our university. The findings revealed that still some students need medical adult education, but in the long run, the number of students will gradually decrease. It also pointed out such problems in medical adult education as unclear educational objectives, sharp conflict between work and study, unreasonable curriculum, single teaching form. In order to promote the steady development of the medical adult education, we need to further define the educational objectives, to update the educational concept, to optimize the curriculum, to enrich the teaching methods, to promote the online education, and to explore organic combination of the adult education and the non-academic education.

Key words: medical laboratory and technology ,  medical adult education ,  problems and countermeasures