American medical colleges attach great importance to the humanistic education. The rich humanities curriculum is fully integrated into the teaching practice thus the mutual penetra-tion of medicine and the humanities is achieved. They have specific and detailed examination evalua-tion system and the teaching method was more practical and participatory. By contrast

most of the medical colleges in our country neglect the humanities construction and the cultivation of medical students' humanistic spirit. The coverage of the humanities curriculum is relatively narrow and the faculty is insufficient. We should promote the development of humanistic education

attach importance to the construction of medical humanities

set up appropriate curriculum system

increase the investment in faculty and reform the teaching method and examination method.