Objective To get to know the genre structure of clinical medical papers in English and to improve the reading and writing abilities of medical workers. Methods Fifteen clinical medical papers from New England Journal of Medicine

The Lancet

Journal of the American Medical Association and British Medical Journal were selected and analyzed based on Swale’s CARS model

then their moves and steps were recorded

as well as their language features. Results There were 10 common moves in English clinical medical papers

and each move had its own steps and language features. Conclusion The results will help Chinese medical workers develop high-quality international academic exchanges.