ABSTRACT
Objective:To explore the interns' degree of lost basic science and the influence on studying clinical knowledge.Method:Medical students attending the third(n=100) and the fifth(n=100) of medical studies selected randomly from the Guilin Medical School were given the same test composed of 20 pairs of questions and each pair contains one basic and one clinical question which were correlative.The scores of the two groups were compared.Result:Third year students scored significantly higher in basic than clinical questions(P0.05).Conclusion:There is a positive relationship between mastery of basic knowledge and the ability of dealing with clinical problems.Quite a few basic knowledge of medical students is lost when they begin clinical practice.