Abstract:

Workshop teaching method is problem-oriented, aimed to establish a new teacher-student relationship, in which teachers inspire and assist students to discuss issues. It set up as a form of group cooperation in small class, focusing on developing self-learning ability and practical ability. This article reported the experience of applying workshop teaching method to surgical skills training in ophthalmology postgraduate students. We firstly set up certain learning tasks, combined the theoretical knowledge presentation with the practical operating training together. We began with the surgical instruments, supplies, and equipment identifying, then followed with common standardized operation under the microscope, such as porcine eye anatomy, common incision design, micro-stitching, making scleral flap, capsularhexis exercises, from easy to difficult, step by step. After training, the  learning enthusiasm of students was greatly improved, and also their practical operating ability. （Ophthalmol CHN, 2016, 25： 135-137）

Key words: workshop teaching method, postgraduate education