Objective　On the issues of students' lack of representative collection of literature in problem-based learning (PBL) courses of TCM integrated experiments

to try to explore the litera-ture studying and reading route. Method　Totally 41 full-time seven-year medical postgraduate of Shanghai University of TCM were randomly divided into two PBL classes

that are class A (n＝20) an class B (n＝21). Three PBL units were carried out in class A and class B by parallel; the oriented literatures were provided by tutors alternately

and after PBL courses

the appraisal were performed by students and tutors independently

using SPSS 19.0 for data analysis

t test to compare between groups. Results　First

the students' assessment indicated that the 75% (15/20) students of Class A and 80.9% (17/21) students of Class B of class gave a good evaluation of the teaching method. Two classes had more than 80% of the students who thought the literature teachers provided was representative and instructive and over 60.0％ students of both classes thought that the teaching measures could improve the classroom efficiency and after-school learning efficiency. The tutors' assessment revealed that there were no significantly differences between the quantity of these references in PPT(P>0.05)made by students in A class and B class in PBL unit 2 and unit 3; but an increasing trend did exist after the leading literatures were provided and the discussions among students were focusing and rele-vant and the teaching goal was achieved. Conclusion　The route of providing a small amount of oriented literatures by tutor is positive in PBL courses of TCM integrated experiments

while the design of teaching experiment

the specific way of providing oriented literatures

the quantity and quality of literatures

and even the internal connection between them

all needs further optimization.