Abstract: The programming language course mainly aims to cultivate students' computational thinking ability and their ability to solve practical problems related to their majors. The programming language courses in medical schools should be closely integrated with the medical profession, with a focus on solving medical applications. This article is based on the problems existing in the teaching of programming language courses in medical colleges. Taking C language design as an example, this article explores the teaching reform and improves the assessment methods. Analysis and research on the teaching effectiveness after curriculum reform show that the integration of curriculum and medicine has increased from 53% to 86%; students' interest in learning has increased from 52% to 83%; the learning effectiveness has increased from 60% to 85%; the student participation rate increased from 71% to 91%. These data indicate that students have a very high level of satisfaction with the curriculum reform, with significant improvements in their interest in programming language courses, their relevance to the medical profession, their independent learning ability, and their learning outcomes.

Key words: medicine, university, programming language, course, teaching reform, experimental design, C language