Objective To understand the clinical ability of postgraduates majoring in clinical medicine and to analyze the potential influencing reasons.Methods The ethical and clinical ability levels of 574 postgraduates majoring in clinical medicine were examed.The scores of clinical ability,basic clinical skill and clinical case analysis ability were compared.Results The ethical scores of all postgraduate examed were excellent.The average clinical ability score was ( 87.5 ± 5.2 ),with statistical differences in the scores among 16 majors (P ＜0.01 ).The scores of basic clinical skill and clinical case analysis ability in 9 majors were excellent and there were statistical differences among the 9 different majors (P＜0.01 ).Conclusion The clinical ability of postgraduates majoring in clinical medicine from Sun Yat-sen University is good,but the evaluation system and exam method need to be improved.