Medical student teaching assistants are people who help medical students learn and master medical knowledge better. Generally, they are senior medical students or graduated medical students. As teaching assistants, they must master rich medical knowledge and be familiar with the teaching contents of various medical courses. They should help professors explain difficulties, answer questions and help students solve some problems in their studies. Teaching assistants of medical students are an indispensable part of medical education, and their existence effectively improves the quality of medical education.

Teaching assistants of medical students need to have various skills and qualities. First of all, they must have a profound understanding and mastery of medicine and have a solid theoretical foundation and practical experience. Secondly, they need to have good communication skills and teamwork skills, and be able to establish good communication and cooperation with teachers and students. In addition, they also need to have good professional qualities such as patience, carefulness and responsibility, and be able to take students' questions and learning needs seriously. Only with these qualities and abilities can we be competent as teaching assistants for medical students.

Medical students' teaching assistants not only assist professors, but also constantly improve and perfect themselves in their own learning and growth. By participating in medical teaching and communicating with students, we have deepened our understanding and mastery of medical knowledge and expanded our medical vision and professional ability. At the same time, in the process of summing up and reflecting, we should constantly improve and upgrade our teaching assistant skills to meet the challenge of becoming a qualified medical professional. The duty of medical students' teaching assistants is not only to assist teachers, but also to preach and teach.