Abstract: Objective To explore the effects of multi-teaching mode on traditional rehabilitation approaches in higher vocational education.Methods The students from 2007 rehabilitation class as the control group (n=35) were taught with routine mode and the students from 2008 rehabilitation class as experimental group (n=60) were taught with multi-teaching mode. The result of the examination and the questionnaire was compared after one semester. Results The experimental group got higher scores in examination of theory and practice than the control group (P<0.05). The result of questionnaire showed that the experimental group acquired more increase in some aspects such as the interest of study and self-study ability than the control group. Conclusion The multi-teaching mode may be easily accepted by students and can help them learn more knowledge effectively than before.

Key words: higher vocational education, traditional rehabilitation approach, multi-teaching