Zhejiang University began to recruit eight-year clinical students since 2005. Since then

Zhejiang University learned from the experience of foreign medical education

reformed and innovated and formed a distinctive curriculum system and training pattern for eight-year medical training

that named as Doctoring. Doctoring is a course that focuses on the education of students' comprehensive quality and ability. Its main contents are the basic knowledge about human health

disease and medical development. With the use of advanced and scientific teaching concept and teaching mode

students were able to study the doctor-patient communication and interpersonal skills

and use medical knowledge and practice skills required for clinical work. And the students also had the opportunity to demonstrate the ability to solve problems in the foundation of life-long learning. Doctoring is more than a simple course for teaching medical professional knowledge.