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Chapter 233 Stepping Stone (Please Subscribe)
Nie Xuehua didn't press the matter further. After all, he was a senior attending physician. From high school to doctoral graduation, Nie Xuehua had seen too many outstanding classmates drop out of school for various reasons.

Among them are those who are exceptionally intelligent, but who went astray during high school due to their immaturity, or those who went to work for various reasons during their undergraduate or master's studies.

In fact, each stage of education is like a ferry crossing, and each crossing washes away many people. Some of those who are washed away do so willingly, but others do so not because they lack the ability or do not want to continue their studies, but for various other reasons.

No region in the world can guarantee absolute fairness in its assessments.

Everyone has their own troubles, and the environment faced by each individual cannot be absolutely fair.

Nie Xuehua was being nosy because she felt that if Wu Xuanqi's classmate had earned a doctorate, he wouldn't have gone to Yishi First People's Hospital, but would at least be working in a provincial city, because he had the professional skills.

Generally, as long as the hospital director isn't an idiot, they'll keep those talented people who have connections and influence, rather than those who actually do the work.

Of course, not everyone focused their attention entirely on Wu Xuanqi's classmates.

As the competition progressed, Wu Xuanqi's classmate eventually revealed his weakness of lacking stamina. Therefore, compared to Ning Jindong, who was also participating and whose background had been explained to him, Wu Xuanqi's classmate didn't stand out much.

Nie Xuehua and Wu Xuanqi were also drawn to Ning Jindong's actions. Nie Xuehua could only murmur with a hint of melancholy, "Ning Jindong's talent is really strong. It's such a pity."

"Yes, Professor Xue has regretted it more than once because of Dong Ge's matter."

"But there was nothing we could do. Back then, Dong Ge wasn't particularly outstanding during his master's studies. Moreover, Professor Xue, who was Dong Ge's advisor, was about to retire and would no longer serve as a doctoral advisor, so no special arrangements were made."

"But Dong Ge himself is actually lucky, as he has gained the appreciation of Director Wang of the Central Hospital..." Wu Xuanqi said.

Then he asked, "Brother Xuehua? If we consider Professor Dong's level as being close to the ceiling, what level could Brother Dong have reached now?"

Upon hearing this, Fang Ziye felt a chill run down his spine and began to listen intently.

In fact, Fang Ziye often guessed that the reason why so many different practice materials and methods were set up in the practice room was because many professors had a kind of inconvenient, panel-based understanding of different levels.

However, no one has ever mentioned a similar theory.

Fang Ziye knew that it was possible that he hadn't reached that point yet, which was why no one had mentioned it to him.

However, Fang Ziye had once heard his teacher Yuan Weihong describe the phrase "entering the inner sanctum" as a clear dividing line, starting with the level of being able to perform demonstration surgeries.

Before this point, they had not formally entered the gate.

To perform teaching surgeries, one must be extremely proficient in the procedure, without making any mistakes, and be able to prevent others from finding any flaws in the surgical operation. This requires not only exceptional proficiency but also absolute understanding of the current national and provincial industry standards for a particular surgical procedure.

This is no easy task!

To perform a teaching surgery without feeling ashamed, one must generally be a highly accomplished associate professor or professor to dare to risk their reputation.

Fang Ziye guessed from the panel that it was probably level 4, which was the standard for entering the inner sanctum.

However, the knowledge point ladder for level 4 is 5000, with each 1000 knowledge points forming a ladder.

However, the total knowledge points required to upgrade a skill from level 1 to level 4 is only 550.
The difference here might be the gap between geniuses, the kind of gap that can drive a genius to despair.

Upon hearing this, Nie Xuehua said, "It should be the second or third. I think I heard someone say that Ning Jindong only needs half a year to learn a surgical procedure and then go through a teaching procedure. His potential index can reach a high level of 10."

"And since he graduated, he has accumulated so many years of experience. He should have taken two or three more steps forward by now."

Nie Xuehua's words are very difficult to pronounce.

Wu Xuanqi immediately understood and nodded repeatedly.

However, Fang Ziye reacted strongly for a while.

The potential index, as explained to him by his teacher Shen Tao, refers to the time a person would spend learning level three or four surgery.

Generally speaking, to reach a potential index of 10, one must learn it within six months.

Reaching level 4 proficiency in six months is extremely difficult, equivalent to gaining 570 proficiency points in that time. That's over a thousand points in a year…

Based on this calculation, Teacher Ning Jindong might indeed have a proficiency level of 1000+ or ​​2000+ at Level 4, considering he graduated many years ago.

However, this also involves the issue of increasing the difficulty.

In fact, to calculate the potential index, which is the learning speed of level three and level four surgery as commonly understood, the prerequisite is that one's basic skills must be accumulated to a certain level.

If you don't have a solid foundation, that is, if you're not thirty years old, you won't be able to handle level three or four surgeries.

The improvement rate of basic skills will be much slower.

However, Fang Ziye could understand—

After all, reaching level 4 in a skill marks one stage, while 1000+ marks the second stage.

Fang Ziye continued watching the game.

Soon, the first round of matches was drawing to a close.

The results will not be announced on the spot. Instead, the results of the first round will be announced in the third round, the results of the second round will be announced in the fourth round, and so on.

The results of the final two rounds of the competition will be announced during the practice phase.

Ning Jindong was in the first round, but the contestants in the second round were equally impressive.

Zhang Zixi and Zeng Tai both went on stage to compete.

Because there were two outstanding people, Fang Ziye was overwhelmed by the choices!

Meanwhile, Wu Xuanqi had already gone to the waiting area to say goodbye to Nie Xuehua and Fang Ziye.

After Wu Xuanqi left, Fang Ziye asked, "Professor Nie, that Dr. Ning from the Provincial Central Hospital was very skilled in incision surgery, wasn't he? He was able to simulate Professor Dong's technique and draw a cross on the blood vessel."

Upon hearing this, Nie Xuehua tilted her head slightly and looked at Fang Ziye with a surprised expression: "Ziye, you're not thinking of competing with Ning Jindong, are you?"

Fang Ziye immediately shook his head.

His own skill level is only at level 4 in incision, he certainly can't reach that level.

“Ziye, don’t underestimate yourself. The potential index we’re talking about is something you haven’t yet encountered, because you haven’t experienced level three or four surgeries.”

"The speed at which basic skills improve is generally one-fifth of the speed at which level three and four surgeries are learned after basic skills have been accumulated. So, you don't need to worry about that now."

"Ning Jindong's current skill level is comparable to that of your master, who won the top prize last year, in terms of incision techniques. Not everyone can reach this level..."

As Nie Xuehua explained, Fang Ziye indeed noticed that Zeng Tai and Zhang Zixi from the Provincial People's Hospital, who had just gone up on stage, only dared to make a simulated cut in the blood vessel at the very end of the procedure. Without seeing any bleeding, they consciously stopped making the cut.

If you try to cut it again and end up rupturing the blood vessel and causing it to bleed, then it's better not to leave it alone.

Cutting a blood vessel twice, even once, requires a great deal of skill and precise control over the depth and force of the cut.

In other words, a level 4 basic skill level is already very high for young doctors!

Ning Jindong was considered a potential winner of the top prize, so his skill level was relatively higher. Professor Dong Dongsheng, who performed earlier, was even more impressive, considered to be from Ning Jindong's previous generation.

The medical learning cycle is very long. Often, three years of accumulation is not something you can catch up with simply by spending more time, unless there is a significant difference in natural talent. Otherwise, those who are ahead of you will always be ahead of you...

Subsequently, Fang Ziye made a series of discoveries.

It seems that the three most praised, Pang Shu, Ning Jindong, and Chen Tailin, only completed the cross-shaped cuts before daring not to continue. Others, such as Wu Xuanqi, simply imitated Professor Dong Dongsheng, making only one cut and stopping after no bleeding was observed.

Apart from these people, the others only dared to quickly expose the blood vessels or make a symbolic cut, leaving only a trace, and did not dare to rupture the blood vessel wall at all.

The difference in the degree and level of imitation is very obvious.

When it was Fang Ziye's turn to compete, he quickly completed the initial exposure and then dutifully made a cut along the longitudinal direction of the blood vessel.

He hesitated for a long time in front of the incision, but still didn't dare to make a second cut.

After the match ended, Fang Ziye returned to the spectator seats. Although he received a lot of praise and compliments from his fellow students, he was actually in great pain inside.

He realized that if he hadn't added points to that level 5 skill, and instead allocated around 1000 proficiency points to each of those level 4 skills, he could have easily made 50,000 yuan.

But now? Fang Ziye estimated that it would be very difficult for him to even win the first prize.

Second prize should be about right! But if you want to get first prize, you'll have to try a little harder.

Because the competition results are not the absolute focus, but just a bonus, each person's competition time is only fifteen minutes, and the time needs to be strictly controlled.

Therefore, the morning's matches ended around 10:30. After that, it was time for free practice.

During free practice, everyone can line up behind the competition control table and reuse mice that have been used in previous competitions but haven't had time to be euthanized, allowing the operator to freely dissect other parts of the body.

Whether it's dissecting blood vessels or performing other procedures, it's all fine; consider it an exchange.

At this time, Nie Xuehua and Zhang Zixi were both greeting their own students and were not with Fang Ziye. Fang Ziye was still accompanied by his doctoral seniors.

And then there was Qin Geluo, whose face was slightly dark, looking at Fang Ziye with a resentful expression.

His face was full of conflicted emotions.

After a long while, Qin Geluo finally said, "Congratulations, Ziye. I never thought that your brother would become your stepping stone so soon."

(End of this chapter)