| Objective To explore what kind of strategies should be adopted by the medical disciplines of comprehensive universities in China, taking into account and respect the particularity nature of medical science, inspiring innovative creation to build the First Class disciplines. Methods Literature review and quantitative research were adopted in this paper. By reviewing published articles to better understand the special laws of medical disciplines and identify current development problems. Furthermore, the data from ESI, QS Ranking, and the Ministry of Education were collected to reveal problems and to propose strategies. Results The future development of Medicine disciplines possesses the characteristics of integration, technology dependence, heterogeneity, etc. In the new era of building world class disciplines and first class universities, compared with international first class disciplines, peaks of medical disciplines in Chinese universities are still relatively scarce. The comprehensive university medical discipline should adhere to the principle of ′connotative development′. In the process of construction, medical discipline should pay full attention to cross integration, promote cross disciplinary, adjust and optimize the former system. Strengthen the construction of new disciplines development to build medical disciplines with distinctive features. Optimize top level design to foster disciplines peaks. Attach great importance to the construction of talents to build up high level talent team with sustainable development ability. Emphasize on medical education to improve the quality of personnel training. Promote institutional innovation to activate the vitality of integration. Build an effective evaluation system to promote construction. Conclusions With the premise of fully respecting the special laws and characteristics, the medical discipline constructions of comprehensive universities should be guided by the future development model of medicine and clinical needs, and adhered to the ′connotative development′. With the development of medical disciplines, the level of clinical diagnosis and treatment will be improved, the original innovation will be enhanced, as well as the social service capabilities of comprehensive universities, furthermore, the frontiers of scientific development and national strategic development needs will be effectively supported. |