eng Science and Education Publishing American Journal of Educational Research 2327-6150 2019-05-15 7 5 356 359 10.12691/education-7-5-3 EDUCATION2019753 article Xiaomei Yao Yaoxm@tmu.edu.cn 1 Ciri Chandana Raguthu 1 Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medicine, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China The present study demonstrates that the application of case-based English literature learning in combination with lecture-based learning is beneficial in learning basic and clinical knowledge. In addition, spending time with students interactively and summarizing the English literature in continuous elective courses is helpful. http://pubs.sciepub.com/education/7/5/3/education-7-5-3.pdf medical education research undergraduate methods