Abstract: In order to make the undergraduate tutorial system more adapt to actual situation of Chinese medical universities and correspond with study demands of medical students,data were collected from the students of preventive medicine major in Capital Medical University. The content of the survey include the understanding, the satisfaction and the advice of undergraduate tutorial system.Results showed that 79.8% (71/89) of students know little about the undergraduate tutorial system and 78.7 % (70/89) of students communicate with their tutors in low frequency every semester. As for the tasks set by the tutor, 80.9% (72/89) of students tend to study professional knowledge and techniques. In summary, data indicate that improvement should be made to the undergraduate tutorial system in order to perfect it and suit to the medical students' learning characteristics of medical universities.

Key words: Undergraduate tutorial system, Medical student, Tutor, Inventory survey, Medical universities