ABSTRACT
Objective To investigate the current clinical research situation of eight-year medical students.Method A questionnaire survey was conducted among 64 medical students and their tutors in Peking University Third Hospital.Results 74.2% students and 76.7% tutors hoped to determine tutors immediately when they entered the second-class disciplines;51.6% students and 46.7% tutors hoped to arrange the team-report in the fifth semester during the period of sec-ond-class disciplines;40.3% students had not written articles;64.5% had begun to carry on the re-search of subject.Conclusion It’s essential to determine tutors as early as possible and to carry out team-report,taking several measures to improve the clinical research ability of medical students is vital important.