Contents in orthopaedic are independent relatively and finding out the internal relations during them is helpful to improving the effect of orthopaedic teaching. Transfer theory is important tools for clinical teaching practice， and finding out the common characteristics between the orthopaedic chapters is primary for the theory. This research focuses on the following fields: fractures， nerve injury， infection， tu-mor and deformity. After the common characteristics between these chapters were analyzed and discussed， we concluded that the transfer theory is helpful in orthopaedic teaching practice， especially for students' comprehension and memory， but still we should avoid some negative effects in teaching process.