As a basic teaching method in the medical education system represented by British and USA， overseas elective posting for medical student is playing significant role in enriching medical students’ internship experience as well as improving their comprehensive knowledge and skills. Besides it’s also essential for cultivating modern and high-quality medical talents in line with international stan-dard. Therefore the purpose of the paper is to provide some references for carrying out international ex-change at students’ level smoothly in domestic medical universities and colleges by simply introducing some good experiences and measures from several typical foreign medical colleges.