Abstract: Objective This study is to evaluate effect of teaching mode for visiting physicians on tropical medicine and tropical diseases. Methods 60 visiting physicians were enrolled in this study, and randomly assigned to the control and the special group. The control group accepted the routine course and the special group received the routine course and special knowledge training. The clinical examination scores were used to assess the effect of teaching mode. Results Before the training, the scores in special group were the same as those in the control group. After the training, compared with the control group, visiting physicians obtained higher grades in the examination of the special group (P<0.01). Conclusion Through adopting special teaching mode, visiting physicians could improve their abilities in basic medical service.