Current situation of the medicine graduate students' scientific research and their its competence

Objective Through investigating the current situation of scientific research in medicine graduate students, we can provide scientific basis for training postgraduates effectively and reference for graduate education reform. Methods A total of 243 medicine graduate students in Drum Tower Hospital were surveyed and asked to complete the designed questionnaires which included general situation, the objective to study, the situation of participation projects, the management of student, and achievements. Results 33.74% (82) of students' purpose was confusion, 51.44% of (125) graduate students engaged in clinical and basic research, the scientific research graduate students and doctoral students participated in the tutor research project more than the professional type graduate students and Postgraduate student (P<0.05). There were significant differences in the number of SCI related papers published by the postgraduates who differ in their ways of training and in different degrees (P<0.05). Conclusion Graduate students are an important part of high-level talents in China. They are the successors of future scientific research. The effectiveness of training postgraduates' scientific research ability will directly affect the future scientific research level of the country. So we should strengthen the cultivation of graduate students' scientific research accomplishment, construct a scientific training model, set up scientific training mode and supervision mech-anism, in order to promote the research level of medical graduate students. Key words: Medicine graduate student; Scientific research; Current condition investigation