Instructing a different type of student outside of the usual humanities environment was a challenge requiring flexibility. Whereas in teaching a class of Chinese language majors she would focus on linguistic and structural details, when teaching medical students she favored a more didactic approach that encouraged students to deal with literature as a moral medium.
她自覺對醫學院學生的人文方向有責任，同樣的文章，對醫學生講授時總是著重生命情境的啟悟，而不像在中文系時強調文章的平仄及結構等分析，這種因材施教也是另一種挑戰。