Abstract: Objective　By studying the current situation of medical students' labor education, this paper discusses the practical path to improve their labor quality under the background of ideological and political education, and provides a reference basis for the integration of labor education into the training of medical talents.Methods　A total of 187 medical students in our hospital were selected, and the cognition of labor education concept, the strength of labor concept and the development of labor education were investigated by questionnaire and in-depth interview.Results　22.46% thought that labor education was "manual work", 30.48% thought that "labor education was not understood and explained clearly"; 59.36% believed that "they have a labor concept, but their labor subjective initiative is not strong", 4.81% believed that "they lack a labor concept, even are resistant and unwilling to do it at all", and only 35.83% of medical students believed that they "have a labor concept and put it into action"; There is a statistical difference in the strength of the labor education concept of medical students with different educational levels (P≤0.05), and the labor education concept of undergraduate students is stronger than that of junior college students; 90.0% of medical students believed that there was a problem of rigidified education form and education quality to be improved. 84.00% of medical students hoped to achieve the goal of labor education through practical skills training; 74.33% of medical students hope to realize personal labor value from social practice, including voluntary service, work-study, etc; 49.73%% of the medical staff believed that labor education contents such as labor values and labor spirit should be added.Conclusion　The labor education for medical students should continue to deepen the teaching reform under the background of ideological and political education, and strengthen the training of medical students' labor quality and comprehensive ability by creating a labor education atmosphere, improving the quality of labor education practice, enriching the carrier of labor education, and reforming teaching methods.

Key words: ideological and political education, medical students, labor education