Objective　To explore the application effect of small private online course (SPOC) teaching mode in nursing graduation internship of surgery department. Methods　The Batch 101 undergraduate nursing students who participated in the graduation internship of surgery department were randomly divided into control group (n = 36) and experimental group (n = 36)

and all nursing students signed the informed consent form. The control group adopted the traditional practice teaching mode

and the experimental group adopted the SPOC teaching mode containing four modules: teaching ward-rounds and specialized disease knowledge

common basic nursing operation videos

testing

and expanded learning

and online and offline mixed teaching methods were adopted. SPSS 22.0 was used for t test and chi-square test. Results　At the end of the internship

the experimental group's theoretical assessment score

bedside nursing procedure ability assessment score

and comprehensive quality evaluation were better than the control group's (P < 0.05). The questionnaire survey of the experimental group nursing students showed a good acceptance of the SPOC teaching mode. Conclusion　The SPOC teaching mode is helpful to improve the comprehensive quality of nursing students and their post competency

which is worthy of further promotion in nursing graduation internship.