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

Zhejiang University learned from the developing experience of foreign medical education

and formed a distinctive curriculum system and training pattern in eight-years medical training

that named as “Doctoring”. “Doctoring” is a course that focused on the education of students comprehensive quality and ability. The main content of it is the basic knowledge about human health

disease and medical development

By the advanced and scientific teaching concept and teaching mode

students were required to study the doctor-patient communication and interpersonal skills and use medical knowledge and skills in cooperative medical team environment 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 not only a simple course for teaching medical professional knowledge.