Abstract: The cultivation of outstanding medical talents is an eternal theme of higher medical education. The integration of science and education in provincial medical colleges refers to a way of education that is based on the development of regional medical and health care and the public's health demands. Based on the characteristics of provincial medical colleges, it is carried out around the core of cultivating outstanding medical talents, using teaching and research collaboration as a carrier. Among them, the integration of the goal of cultivating outstanding doctors, the forging of clinical research thinking as the starting point, and the integration of personnel with the goal of integrating science and education are the contents of the integration of science and education in provincial medical colleges. Establishing the concept of cross integration, optimizing the new curriculum system, creating a sound scientific research practice system, setting up a collaborative education platform and strengthening the construction of mentor teams to enhance overall educational effectiveness are feasible paths for the integration of science and education in provincial medical colleges.

Key words: provincial medical colleges, integration of science and education, excellent medical talent cultivation