Abstract: Objective  Medical humanistic education is an inevitable requirement of medical students education. However, there has been a long-term disadvantage of emphasizing theory and neglecting practice, which leads to the limited cultivation of medical humanistic education. The Medical College of Shantou University has developed the social practice course based on “HEART” and its optional expanded contents outside the course, and achieved some results. In the “HEART” course, as an extended elective content of the course, medical  students of Shantou University participated in the “public welfare seed  project for medical students in Guangdong Province” to carry out medical public welfare practice activities. Methods  875 medical students who participated in public welfare seed activities were investigated by questionnaire after completing medical public welfare practice activities, and analyzed by means of descriptive analysis and comparative analysis.  Results  Medical students had a great sense of identity with the practical medical education model, improved their sense of social responsibility and medical ethics, and better served the community residents.  Conclusion  Based on the “HEART” education model and education concept, medical humanistic education through medical public service learning has certain effect and popularization significance.

Key words: public welfare seed project,  , medical humanistic education, service-learning, medical students