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Objective To explore the necessity of setting up the course on clinical healthcare-associated infection (HAI) and effectiveness of the case-based teaching method in medical higher education.Methods 198 students who underwent internship in a hospital between July 2015 and July 2016 were selected,according to whether they selected clinical HAI coures,they were divided into course selective group(n =107,adopted case-based teaching method) and unselective group(n =91),questionnaire survey on the knowledge and attitude of HAI was carried out.Results The average score on HAI in selective group was higher than that of unselective group([85.3 ± 1.6] vs [58.3 ± 1.8],t =111.72,P＜0.01).Before and after conducted case-based teaching method,21.49％ and 47.66％ of students actively studied respectively,difference was significant (x2 =16.195,P＜0.01).Conclusion It is necessary to carry out a systematic course on HAI,case-based teaching method can improve the learning enthusiasm of students.