Objective To evaluate the efficacy of short-term training of direct observation procedural skills (DOPS) for community general practitioner (GP) trainers.Methods Thirty six GP trainers participated in one-day workshop of DOPS.The participants were interviewed with questionnaire before and after the training program and the training video was scored.Results 47.2％ (17/36) of GP trainers knew and briefly understood DOPS before the training.41.7％ (15/36)of them had a rough idea of how to use it and only 2.8％ (1/36) had used it before.All of these trainers wanted to learn how to perform DOPS.The vast majority of GP trainers completely or basically understood the standards for evaluation of 11 items of DOPS after the training.The accuracy rates of 4 items were close to or more than 50.0％ in 9-point scale and 7 items exceeded 50.0％ in 3-rank system.There was significant difference in accuracy rates of 6 items between the two scoring system(all P ＜ 0.01).Conclusions Community GP trainers recognize the advantages of DOPS in assessment of clinical skills and have strong intention of application.The efficacy of short-term workshop is satisfactory,but the evaluators need more training and practice.