随着我国医疗水平的发展,要求医学生将来应具备用英语跟踪和学习先进的医学科学理念、进行医学交流的能力。本文从医学英语特点、医学英语学习应用现状及工作学习需求分析起步,探讨自主学习能力对医学英语学习的重要性和听说结合的自主学习能力对医学英语的实际运用能力的必要性。 With the development of medical treatment in our country, medical students should be required to have the ability to track and learn advanced medical science concepts in English and to conduct medical exchanges in the future. This paper starts with the characteristics of medical English, the current situation of medical English learning and the analysis of the needs of work-study, and discusses the importance of self-directed learning on medical English learning and the necessity of self-directed learning combined with practical ability of medical English.