In order to adapt to the development of higher medical education, it is imperative to carry out a student-centered teaching reform of pathophysiology guided by the cultivation of "clinical competence". The main contents of this teaching reform of pathophysiology include: the teaching content layout has been reconstructed to promote classroom teaching with clinical manifestation, new media means such as blackboard online teaching system, WeChat public platform and Chaoxing virtual classroom have been applied to assist students in their learning, and students are encouraged to conduct literature retrieval and reading, and then make presentation PPT for a literature of interest and report to all students to cultivate students' independent learning and sustainable development ability via flipped classroom. The practice shows that the student-centered teaching reform of pathophysiology guided by the cultivation of "clinical competence" has gained successful results.