Abstract: On the basis of a series of investigations on student development both at home and abroad, this paper summarizes the present research situation of student development in the field of higher education and medical education in our country, and makes a detailed analysis of the current monitoring and investigation project on the China Medical Students Survey (CMSS), which collects data that is the largest in scale, the most authoritative and the most complete in the field. This paper systematically reports the research background, theoretical basis, design framework and content of this project, introduces in detail the structure and validity of the questionnaire for freshmen, college students and fresh graduates, and reviews the development of the project from 2019 to 2023. The CMSS provided a scientific basis for monitoring and evaluating the quality of medical education through the analysis of medical education data in a multidimensional, extended time period and across data sets,and bridges the gap in the field of high quality student development survey in the field of China′s higher education and medical education.

Key words: Students, medical, Student development, Quality assurance, China Medical Students Survey, Implementation progress