The exploration of pharmaceutical botany extracurricular activities practice

Liaoning University of Traditional Chinese Medicine has conducted pharmaceutical botany extracurricular activities such as the experiment skill competition, fieldwork, specimen preparation, resources investigation, database construction, pharmaceutical plants cultivating and participating in scientific research projects etc. These activities have improved the students' learning enthusiasm, strengthened the effect of first classroom teaching, and have played a positive role especially in improving students' experimental skills and cultivating their innovative thinking and abilities, and improving teachers' quality. Key words: Pharmaceutical botany; Extracurricular activities; Practical teaching