RESUMEN
The comprehensive capacity of medical students means mainly the medical operating skill, and the ability toresolve the practical troubles by integrating the knowledge of multisubject, and creative capability. For a long time, inthe teaching of many madical colleges, importance has been attached to imparting the basic theory and knowledge,rather than to fostering the comprehensive capacity of medical students. In 1999, the Medical College of ShandongUnivesity incorporated the physiological, phamacological, pathophisiological and psycological experiment and inte-grated them as a independent experimental curriculum-the functional science experiment. Many years practice showsthat the functional science experiment is a good platform or carrier to foster the comprehensive capability of madicalstudents.