In allusion to the training requirements of eight-year program medical students, combining with our own experience in teaching this type of the students in ophthalmology, we have done some thinking about the training methods of eight-year program medical students in order to improving their comprehensive abilities of ophthalmology. Several suggestions are made in various aspects, including the study of the basic theory of ophthalmology, the training of doctor-patient communication skills, the training of basic clinical skills, the interest developments in ophthalmology subspecialty areas and the training of basic experiment skills.