Objective　In order to get the research focuses and trend of 8-year medical educa-tion program in China

articles on eight-year medical education program published from 2003 to 2014 have been analyzed. Method　Using Cochrane Systematic evaluation method

797 articles have been achieved from CMB

CNKI

WangFang and VIP. These papers were then analyzed with methods of bib-liometrics and content analysis. Result　The articles on eight-year medical education program are mainly published on 4 journals. The publications focus on 10 domains. The domain of teaching method-ology is a hot research topic as 399 articles have discussed this domain. Most articles on teaching methodol-ogy focus on PBL

only a few papers discuss other teaching methods. In the 233 study on the curricu-lum design

only 42 papers have carried on the overall design course study and the researchers have the same opinion on the problems existing in eight-year program medical education curriculum. 19 articles have discussed the goal of eight-year medical education program. The goals of different schools' program are diverse. With the development of policy research

the eight-year medical educa-tion program education standards and accreditation are valued. Conclusion　In the future

the research priorities should focus on pedagogy theories

the comparison to other nations' medical education system

and ed-ucation standards of eight-year medical education program.