Abstract: Objective  Taking Shanghai University of Medicine & Health Sciences as an example, this paper aims to understand the current situation of medical students humanistic quality and humanistic quality education in medical colleges and universities, and probes into the approaches, methods and measures of carrying out humanistic quality education in medical college libraries.  Methods  A total of 345 undergraduates and vocational college students from grade 2017 to 2020 in Shanghai University of Medicine & Health Sciences were selected as the research subjects, and online questionnaire survey was conducted.  Results  The survey results show that the situation of medical students humanistic cognition generally is not satisfactory; the construction, promotion and utilization of library resources do not match the needs and training requirements of medical students humanistic quality, and library’s educational function has not been fully played. Conclusion  Medical college libraries should start from the innovation and promotion of library literature retrieval curriculum reform, build a platform for communication and cooperation of humanistic quality education; give full play to their resource advantages, and strive to become the backbone of humanistic quality education for medical students.

Key words: medical college, library, humanistic quality, quality education, pathway