Objective To explore the influencing factors of psychological education satisfaction in clinical medical students,and to provide advices for teaching reform.Methods A survey was conducted in October 2019 on 250 students who had learned medical psychology in West China School of Medicine,Sichuan University.The contents included the current situation of the students and their courses of medical psychology,the satisfaction of the course and its influencing factors,understanding and the expectation to the course.Results The survey recovered 247 questionnaires.Theory teaching was still the main teaching mode.Teaching materials were less related to clinical practice,and closedbook examination was the main exam form.The main parts expected to reform were to increase internship opportunities,case analyses,and to improve the quality of teaching.The average score of satisfaction was (3.78±0.85) points.Dissatisfaction with teaching level,closed-book examination in the form of assessment,teaching materials that did not integrate clinical practice,and no practical learning were important factors influencing the overall satisfaction (P<0.05).Conclusion Satisfaction of psychology for medical students is generally high.Optimizing the curriculum,integrating the faculty,enriching the teaching and assessment methods,and adjusting the teaching materials may have positive effect on improvement of the quality of psychological education in clinical medical students.