As outstanding talents of higher education in China, postgraduates majoring in ethnic medicine should have their career development ability cultivated. This study explores countermeasures to improve the professional ability training of ethnic medicine postgraduates, helping them establish correct career awareness and conduct reasonable career planning, so as to improve competitiveness in the increasingly severe employment situation and solve the employment difficulties of ethnic medicine postgraduates, which can make positive contributions to the medical and health undertakings of the motherland. It is highly necessary to cultivate postgraduates’ professional ability and guide reasonable career planning.