Purpose/Significance To explore the application of IDEA instructional design approach in advanced life science courses for medical doctoral students, so as to realize embedded information literacy education throughout the entire process.Method/Process Based on the syllabus analysis and interview with the instructor, information literacy education is embedded into curriculum teaching. The course effectiveness is evaluated by analyzing the literature review assignments and the feedback from the teachers and students. Result/Conclusion Medical doctoral students adopting embedded courses show significant improvements in topic novelty, keyword standardization, reference selection, and citation specifications in literature review assignments. The time that the teachers spend on course explanations has significantly increased, as well as an improvement in work quality and grades among the students.