The paper introduces the development history of the metaverse, elaborates the application scenarios and specific examples of the metaverse in various medical fields such as medical education and training, telemedicine, medical simulation, drug research and development, etc., introduces the combination of the metaverse with high and new technologies such as 5G network, artificial intelligence(AI), quantum science and blockchain, and in-depth analyzes the advantages and disadvantages of the application of the metaverse in the medical field. It is pointed out that further research and development is needed to fully realize the advantages of medical metaverse and overcome its limitations.