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Chapter 235 Rule Loopholes (Please Subscribe)

"Master, was my score in the second round a little too high?" After Fang Ziye and his teacher had finished ordering their food, Yuan Weihong finally ended his boastful phone call.

It's mainly Yuan Weihong who's putting on an act; those opposite him probably have more psychological trauma.

There's no way around it; basically, everyone who just called to ask is younger than Yuan Weihong. Whether it's based on seniority or ability, when Yuan Weihong speaks to them, it's like a senior brother instructing a junior brother—you can't find fault with him.

Yuan Weihong was in a good mood. He counted the number of calls that had been connected. When he reached nine, he licked his lips and turned his phone upside down on the table.

Then he lightly wiped his half-bald patch: "It's more than just a bit tall. The lead performer for this suture procedure is an associate chief physician from the Department of Trauma Surgery at Liyuan Hospital."

"I thought it would be enough for trauma surgery, but who would have thought? You, who are not a hand surgeon, are quite skilled in suturing."

Yuan Weihong didn't finish his sentence before shifting to another topic: "Actually, I should have thought of this earlier! The rules of this competition have changed slightly, emphasizing the ability to control imitation."

"In other words, the closer your ability is to that of the teacher you first encountered, the higher the score you can get."

"This Director Huo, I estimate his suturing skills are comparable to yours."

"I forgot to tell you, but during the competition, if a trauma surgeon has a superior suturing technique, they will have a certain advantage."

"After all, I am your master."

"Ahem, let's not talk about me anymore." Yuan Weihong pursed his lips and ended the conversation at the right time.

Fang Ziye deserves his good results. Yuan Weihong's suturing skills haven't even reached level 4 yet, but he still won the special prize last year. Fang Ziye's suturing skills have been at level 4 for a long time.

"How do you feel about the upcoming matches?" Yuan Weihong asked again.

Fang Ziye honestly confessed: "Master, I was just average in terms of the debridement and hemostasis. These two basic skills are very important in our trauma surgery. I was definitely at a disadvantage."

"As for osteotomy?" Fang Ziye looked at his osteotomy technique!
Then Fang Ziye discovered that his current proficiency in osteotomy, combined with his current knowledge points, seemed to be enough to raise it to level 4.

The osteotomy competition is the day after tomorrow. If I were to do something like Senior Brother Wu Xuanqi tonight or tomorrow, I could go out and practice some manual reduction techniques in Enshi.

Fang Ziye pondered that he might be able to further improve his proficiency.

"That's enough. Winning first prize should be pretty much a sure thing."

"The first prize only requires maintaining a top-nine ranking. Your score in the suturing category is extremely high. Even Dr. Pang Shu from Peking Union Medical College Hospital scored one point lower than you in the suturing category."

"This time, I reckon that in the field of trauma surgery, the only two people who can truly master suturing are you and Pang Shu."

"I really didn't expect that you would grow so quickly after leaving Enshi!" Yuan Weihong did not mention Fang Ziye's bone-cutting skills.

Osteotomy is a skill that needs to be emphasized after completing basic training and during the formal employment stage, even if Fang Ziye is not particularly proficient in it.

But how proficient could Pang Shu and others possibly be?
"Could it be that your agreement with Professor Li wasn't a joke?" Yuan Weihong's voice sounded a little off as he mentioned this.

Professor Li Guohua's original agreement with Fang Ziye was mostly treated as a joke in the department; no one took it seriously, and no one would make fun of Fang Ziye about it.

Osteotomy is one of the most challenging procedures in trauma surgery, even for senior associate professors. Some professors find it quite difficult to master.

Fang Ziye's boastful words, though somewhat ignorant, were not worth the trouble for a junior graduate student. Professor Li Guohua had only mentioned it once as a topic of conversation.

Fang Ziye was already very outstanding, and no one really imagined that he could climb to a skill that even an associate professor would find difficult to master within a year.

only?

Yuan Weihong suddenly realized that Fang Ziye's work seemed to be developing towards a more mature approach to osteotomy and orthopedic surgery.

Manual reduction technique—this was something Professor Deng Yong specifically mentioned to him; Fang Ziye has the potential to become a great master in the future.

If Fang Ziye has already mastered the basics of osteotomy and debridement, then bone shaping and bone grafting are, to a certain extent, specialized procedures derived from these two basic skills.

Yuan Weihong's heart was in turmoil. Looking at his student more closely, he suddenly realized that Fang Ziye was both familiar and unfamiliar.

"Master, I don't know until we get to that point."

"Anyway, I'll learn slowly and there's no rush. Since Professor Li didn't really remember my pledge, I'm not in a hurry to move in this direction."

"But Master, in terms of bone-cutting techniques, do you think there are many teachers who can truly master them during competitions?" Fang Ziye is now used to using "master" to describe level 4 skills.

Actually, Fang Ziye could understand why so few people had reached level 4 in suturing during this trauma surgery competition. Even the senior surgeons at Zhongnan Hospital's hand surgery department hadn't reached level 4 in suturing. Since hand surgery focuses on suturing, how many trauma surgeons could actually master level 4 suturing?

However, before the competition started, all Fang Ziye heard was that many of the participating teachers were very strong.

Moreover, in Fang Ziye's understanding, teachers like Zhang Zixi and Qin Geluo are also very formidable.

However, this time it's a competition, not a clinical surgical procedure.

The competition only tested specific skills. Once separated from the competition, Fang Ziye's skill pool, even within the specialized skills pool, was not as extensive or deep as that of Pang Shu and others.

But the competition isn't about this.

This is a skills competition, not a competition of comprehensive abilities. The word "competition" itself implies a set of rules, and these rules, in a way, give Fang Ziye a significant advantage.

Actually, I'm not bad at all; I was able to achieve very good results in this competition.

Winning the first prize is not a dream, but a natural outcome.

The reason no one tells him these things is because they don't know the specifics of his actions.

Fang Ziye had never shown his face in the martial arts world before, and even Wu Xuanqi hadn't paid much attention to him.

“It is not easy for a young trauma surgeon to become particularly proficient in osteotomy.”

"But there will definitely be people who have reached a high level of expertise in osteotomy. Osteotomy is different from suturing. Osteotomy is a specialized procedure that trauma surgeons must master if they want to further improve their skills."

"Therefore, we all spend a lot of time and energy learning how to do this."

“But one thing is certain: the young people from our hospital who participated in the competition are not at that level in terms of osteotomy skills.” Yuan Weihong also unveiled the outermost layer of veil in front of Fang Ziye.

"I know you've done a pretty good job with wound cleaning, but when did you break through with hemostasis? And at such a high level?" Yuan Weihong quickly asked Fang Ziye for some details.

Fang Ziye answered all the questions one by one, saying that he had encountered some special emergencies in Enshi and had gradually learned the skills in the process. In addition, there was a small training room at Enshi Central Hospital, and Huang Kai had also given him some guidance before...

"Hmm!" Yuan Weihong nodded with satisfaction, his tone becoming increasingly formal.

"It seems that we, master and apprentice, need to communicate and exchange ideas more in the future. Otherwise, we were almost led astray by outsiders."

"Last time, I really thought Shen Tao had taught you the manual reduction technique. But then I thought, that doesn't make sense. Your manual reduction technique was already quite good when you were in our academy."

As Yuan Weihong spoke, the side dishes and firewood-cooked chicken were already being stir-fried.

Fang Ziye and Yuan Weihong temporarily stopped communicating.

However, Yuan Weihong still had some questions: "Do you have any plans for later? If not, would you like to accompany your master for a walk around?"

"Master, I might have to go back to the department later. I'll check the schedule when I get back, okay?" Fang Ziye couldn't refuse Yuan Weihong's invitation to be his tour guide.

Now that Fang Ziye has discovered this, he might be able to farm some more wilderness areas, gain a few hundred knowledge points, and upgrade his Bone-Cutting Technique to level 4.

Now that we've secured the first prize, wouldn't it be even better to go for a walk with our mentor?

As for higher awards, Fang Ziye felt that he shouldn't waste so many knowledge points.

Let's save it for now, just to accumulate good karma for Huang Kai.

The 30,000 yuan difference is tempting, but in reality, it doesn't make much difference whether I win the grand prize this year or next year. On the contrary, I only won the first prize this year, and I can still participate next year.

However, once you win the grand prize, you can no longer participate in similar competitions and win awards.

“Okay, clinical work is absolutely the focus. Any other task, including experiments, must be based on arranging the clinical tasks properly first.” Yuan Weihong set this rule for Fang Ziye.

Fang Ziye nodded respectfully.

The atmosphere at the dinner party that followed was clearly excellent.

Yuan Weihong invited Fang Ziye and the other man to drink a bottle of beer each, which they considered as rinsing their mouths.

As soon as dinner was over, Fang Ziye took Yuan Weihong back to his hotel to rest, then immediately rushed back to the trauma center ward of Enshi Central Hospital to prepare for emergency treatment...

(End of this chapter)