High-quality medical papers not only show scientific research results, but also play roles in medical science development and continuity. It would undoubtedly be of great significance for medical staffs to receive medical paper writing training to improve their ability in paper writing and get their academic papers published. It is one of most important responsibilities of medical journals to support medical talents cultivation. Experienced medical editors are best candidates for the medical paper writing course teaching job. We have taught the course for years, and reflected profoundly for the posts. In this paper, we discussed the necessity of the course for medical staffs, teachers′ quality requirements, course contents design, etc. aiming to put forward some suggestions for medical editors′ competence development.