top student at medical school

Chapter 29 Fully Prepared (Please add to your favorites and read on!)

"Ziye, don't you find it too boring to just run to the practice room every day?" On the second day of the National Day holiday, although the surgeries in the department were suspended, the outpatient clinics continued.

Of course, you can't get an appointment with professors like Deng Yong, Dong Yaohui, or even Xie Jinyuan, who are associate professors or above. But you can still manage to snag an appointment with a less desirable attending physician like Yuan Weihong during holidays.

Fang Ziye shook his head: "No, Master."

"Having the opportunity to practice in a studio is already a great thing. Otherwise, if you buy equipment to practice at home, not only is the equipment expensive, but setting it up is also a huge hassle."

"Although my basic skills have improved, I am still far behind Senior Brother Sun and others."

“After all, even Junior Sister Luo can only go to the lab to culture cells for now and slowly wait it out.” Fang Ziye’s mind was very clear.

The hospital I work at is a top-tier tertiary teaching hospital in the province, full of talented people.

Not to mention that his basic skills were unremarkable among his fellow doctoral students, it would be perfectly fine to have a junior student with better qualifications replace Fang Ziye.

What gives Fang Ziye the right to say he's just killing time?

Fang Ziye felt extremely fortunate to have secured the opportunity to pursue a doctorate by using the training room as a resource.

Yuan Weihong nodded: "No matter how many opportunities there are, we must be prepared to seize them at any time. Otherwise, once an opportunity is missed, we will have to wait and struggle again if we want to get another one."

"Accumulating knowledge and experience before unleashing it is the only true principle."

"For example, in my clinical practice, I can perform any surgery that Professor Deng Yong and Professor Xie Jinyuan assign me. That's why they feel comfortable letting me perform these unique surgeries."

"You're the same. If you can excel in the fundamentals, Professor Deng Yong will at least think, 'This young PhD is good, with solid fundamentals. He'll be happy to help you with your leg, or do some suturing or incisions anytime.'"

"If you have that impression, then you can replace the chief resident at any time."

"During your time as a junior doctoral student, if you can hone your skills and publish a sufficient number of articles, you will have a certain amount of research output. You will also be able to complete all the tasks that Professor Deng assigns to you beautifully."

"Only then will Professor Deng consider whether it's a good idea to have you become the chief resident if you stay in the hospital. If it is, then he will consider it in that direction. If it's not, then what will happen?"

"Why would Professor Deng keep you here and create trouble for you?"

"Reliability and caution are the primary tools for clinical practice and study. Don't rush, don't perform surgery for the sake of surgery, or do procedures for the sake of procedures. Instead, perform them well, make a splash, and provide better professional technical services to patients."

"It is this kind of gradual accumulation that makes people remember you."

Fang Ziye thought for a moment and said, "It's the same principle as you allowing me to see a few outpatients now, right?"

"Hmm!" Yuan Weihong nodded again, stroking his chin.

"But you also need to be prepared for Professor Deng Yong. After all, he is the mentor of other students. You should never ignore the special bond between mentor and student."

"Because this relationship is very delicate, one day Professor Deng Yong might wake up and think, 'Hey, where's Yuanpei from our group?'"

"So, Li Yuanpei is probably his doctoral student. What can the student who came from Kyoto University Third Hospital to pursue his doctorate do if he doesn't want him?"

"So, if we can secure a more reliable channel for reading, we should strive for it. This is also a way to accumulate knowledge and skills before making a breakthrough."

"You can't be thinking about being rewarded or snatching food from a tiger's mouth," Yuan Weihong advised.

Fang Ziye's expression was serious.

indeed so.

The bond between teachers and students can be described as subtle, yet also as very special, especially during the master's degree program. Encountering a good mentor can be as valuable as having a hundred benefactors.

It is far more prudent to lay the groundwork steadily and surely than to value it more highly than anyone else.

Fang Ziye said, "Master, I'm still a little short of master's level in trauma surgery. Just a little bit." Fang Ziye's hemostasis skills don't improve that quickly. Without a huge amount of knowledge points to nurture them, he can only take it slowly.

Fang Ziye couldn't just run out and chop someone up, then sew them back up to gain knowledge; the consequence of that would be going back inside and working on a sewing machine.

"Well, let's wait and see about other hospitals' applications for doctoral programs," Yuan Weihong suddenly suggested.

Fang Ziye turned his head abruptly, his gaze slightly surprised.

Two months ago, the teacher told me to go out and find opportunities to study.

Should we just observe and wait?
“Yes, Master.” Fang Ziye replied without hesitation.

"Don't blame the teacher for being selfish. The best talent our hospital produces is the talent we cultivate ourselves. Our hospital's platform isn't small either." Yuan Weihong continued to rub his nose, his face full of smiles.

Yuan Weihong really didn't expect that giving Fang Ziye an article would produce such a huge chemical effect.

We cannot simply look at Fang Ziye's current strength and compare it to the standard. Instead, we must see the speed at which Fang Ziye is improving. With this confidence and the ability to strive freely, Fang Ziye has unleashed unprecedented potential.

If Fang Ziye can truly achieve the path of technological enlightenment, accomplishing incredible feats from a perspective difficult for ordinary people to comprehend, and then using that knowledge to support his scientific research.

Hehe, in surgery, after all, technique and skill are king.

"Master, how is that possible?"

"So, Professor Deng is already...?" Fang Ziye didn't finish his sentence.

Although it was just the two of them, Fang Ziye and his teacher, during lunch break, were worried that someone might overhear them and that the two of them were showing off.

"Professor Deng has still sent an informant to your side, you just don't know it. He has naturally noticed your progress recently."

"That's considered an implicit agreement," Yuan Weihong nodded.

To be fair, Fang Ziye's current resources are not particularly bad.

Clinical procedures are progressing rapidly in the practice room. As for research output, yes, some articles in the top tier are self-funded, but some are written by Fang Ziye himself.

Previously, it was just short English essays, but now that they've been published, they're articles, and the number of articles has increased, which shows that Fang Ziye has also made contributions in scientific research, instead of just waiting to be fed.

Who has that much food to feed?
"Master, after I barely manage to leave the first training room, should I start working on getting into the laboratory?" Fang Ziye asked in a low voice.

Fang Ziye naturally coveted the benefits of graduating early; however, graduating early meant facing certain risks and pressures.

The risk is that you have one less year of experience than others, which means you won't have enough time to accumulate experience when you're evaluated for hospitalization.

The pressure comes from graduating, going abroad, working as a senior resident, which makes time very tight. In addition, there are SCI articles required for doctoral graduation, as well as the design of doctoral dissertations and the writing of dissertations.

All the shortcuts that outsiders see are actually just the result of personal dedication and hard work, squeezing through unimaginable time, and having a certain amount of talent, to achieve a breakthrough.

"Do you want to culture cells?" Yuan Weihong asked, turning his head.

"Of course I want to, Master."

"Some techniques in basic experiments are actually just tools. You can know them but not use them often, but you can't not know them. Otherwise, when the opportunity comes in the future, even if I'm given a research project, I won't be able to complete it." Fang Ziye nodded, very clear-headed.

"General Projects" is another name for the National Natural Science Foundation of China.

"Then go for it. Some technologies are indeed tools, such as statistical methods and epidemiological methods, which are essential to master."

(End of this chapter)