Objective To explore the impact of split courses on the practical training and teaching effectiveness of “Elderly Health Care Technology”,and to provide reference for further improving the practical training and teaching plan of smart health and elderly care services and management．Methods A study was conducted on students majoring in Intelligent Health and Elderly Care Services and Management from Guangzhou Health Vocational and Technical College in 2022．One class was set as the observation group and the other as the control group．During the training and teaching process of “Elderly Health Care Technology”,the observation group adopted a split courses training teaching mode,while the control group adopted a traditional training teaching mode．After the practical training,theoretical and skill assessments were conducted on both groups,and the General Self Efficacy Scale was used to evaluate both groups of students before and after teaching．Results Before the start of the experiment,there was no statistically significant difference in the general self-efficacy evaluation scores between the two groups of students（P>0.05）．After the experiment,the theoretical and skill assessment scores, general self-efficacy scores of the observation group, and the control group were compared．The observation group was significantly higher than the control group,with a significant statistical difference（P<0.01）,and the general self-efficacy score of the observation group was better than before the experiment,with a statistically significant difference as well（P<0.01）．Conclusions split courses were beneficial for improving students’ general self-efficacy,enhancing teaching effectiveness,and providing reference basis for further improving the practical training teaching plan for smart health and elderly care services and management．