Objective: To understand the current situation of scientific research ability of postgraduates with professional
degrees in ophthalmology and put forward improvement measures. Methods: A questionnaire survey was
conducted on the current situation of scientific research ability, scientific research obstacles and scientific research
training willingness, 76 postgraduate students of different grades majoring in ophthalmology of three affiliated
hospitals of Harbin Medical University were involved. Results: Under the merging residency training system,
the foundation of scientific research and clinical knowledge of postgraduates is relatively weak, and the heavy
clinical learning task were the main obstacles to scientific research of postgraduates. Conclusion: It is proposed
that the teaching bases could provide multi-mode scientific research training to cater to students' individual needs. Not only clinical diagnosis and treatment training could be strengthened to cultivate students’ scientific
research thinking, but scientific research topic selection strategy could be optimized by to meet the demand for
development of times and broaden students’ scientific research vision.