Explorating reform of the teaching evaluation method for vocational competency-based education (CBE) curricula for medical students is a very important process in following international medical education standards, intensify ing education and teaching reforms, enhancing teaching management, and improving the quality of medical education. This article gives the background on establishing the course in medical linguistics and its content, and introduces the qualitative research method in education science and its application in reforming the teaching evaluation method in medical linguistics courses.