Objective To investigate the status of medical students' doctor-patient communication skill and analyze the influencing factors. Methods An investigation on 155 clinical medical students in a level 3 hospital in Guangzhou was conducted using the Doctor-patient Communication Skills Evaluation Scale （also called SEGUE Scale）. Results The clinical medical students’ scoring rate of communication skill was only 58.9%. Among the five dimensions, the scoring rate of communication skill end was the highest, which was 82.9%, while the scoring rate of understanding patients was the lowest, which was only 45.5%. The difference in communication skill between clinical medical students with different gender and the training times related to doctor-patient communication was statistically significant （P<0.005）. Conclusion The overall level of doctor-patient communication skill among clinical medical students was needed to be improved, especially on understanding patients. Gender and training times on doctor-patient communication training were the influencing factors of communication skills of medical students. Medical students’skills include empathy and doctor-patient communication skills, etc.