Abstract: Objective To compare the teaching quality between traditional and SOP (standard operation procedure)-based orthopedic teaching rounds. Methods Postgraduates and clinical postdoctors who were enrolled into orthopedic standardized training in 2017 and 2018 grade were included in this study. Thirty postgraduates and 20 clinical post doctors were in each group, with traditional or SOP-based teaching rounds were used respectively. The two groups were evaluated subjectively and objectively. Results The subjective and Objective evaluation scores of SOP-based teaching rounds were significantly higher than those of the traditional teaching group (P＜0.01,P＜0.05). Conclusions SOP-based method significantly improves the quality of teaching rounds.

Key words: teaching, SOP, orthopaedics, reform