Objective　To understand the status quo of medical graduates' professional faith and to evaluate the education methods. Methods　Questionnaire survey combined with expert inter-view were conducted from two aspects： professional faith condition and educational methods. Medical graduates from an affiliated hospital of a university in Shanghai were investigated in this survey and 392 copies of effective questionnaires were analyzed comparatively. Results　92.6%（363/392） students regarded extreme events as the main factor that influence their further employment. 14.8%（58/392） students had career planning. 79.6%（312/392） students achieved self-improvement from strengthening learning and training. Salary was the main factor that affect medical graduates' career choice （4.47 points）. 75.5%（296/392） students considered that the existing professional faith education was out of fashion. 85.5%（335/392） of students thought that education methods should be improved. Strengthen-ing relevant education career planning was considered as the most valuable content （4.22 points） and the most effective form was group learning （4.53 points）. Conclusions　The main reasons for devia-tion and dissatisfaction are: social factor， lack of professional faith， unique status and obsolete way of education. Professional faith education should take the above factors into consideration.