Objective: To explore the teaching mode based on competency in emergency treatment of ocular trauma.Methods: By analyzing the teaching status of emergency treatment for ocular trauma and combining with the competency characteristics of medical students, a competency-based teaching system for emergency treatment of ocular trauma was constructed. Results: The advantage of the teaching system for emergency treatment of ocular trauma based on competency was that it took actual clinical needs as the starting point, which could improve students’ clinical practice ability, critical thinking ability, team work, self-cognition, medical humanistic quality and other aspects, so as to be better qualified for clinical work. Conclusion: The teaching mode based on competency can comprehensively improve the practical ability of training doctors in emergency treatment of ocular trauma.