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Chapter 3 The Tiger Descends the Mountain (Please add to your favorites and read on!)

"Why were you shouting so loudly before? Did you think your senior brother Fang had a thick skin?" A full hour and a half later, Fang Ziye finally asked Lan Tianluo this question.

Fang Ziye could understand Lan Tianluo's envy, as Lan Tianluo was new to the area.

Lan Tianluo's ability to get into Zhongnan Hospital as a resident physician means he surpasses at least 60% of medical students in his cohort, and this is no exaggeration.

However, upon entering the hospital, full of confidence, he encountered a major setback on his very first day. During his hospitalization, his abilities were questioned, and even the qualifications of the person in charge of his care had to be assessed.

This struck Lan Tianluo like a thunderbolt. After gradually realizing his situation, he went in and out of the training room many times and is now behaving himself.

It's understandable that he was surprised to see that his senior brother Fang Ziye had actually cleared the next stitching level that he had been eyeing.

But such a fuss actually made Fang Ziye lose face a little!
Not to mention that Xiong Jinhuan, a senior researcher who has excelled in both scientific research and practical skills, has already mastered the orange peel suture technique. Now, we are not far from mastering the tofu suture technique in trauma surgery.

Li Yuanpei, a leading scientific researcher with the most published articles, had a suturing skill level comparable to Fang Ziye, but Li Yuanpei's incision technique had long surpassed Fang Ziye's.

There were even two second-year master's students with a particular talent for this, who also managed to sew up orange peel in the suturing technique. They've been working on it for a month now, leaving Fang Ziye far behind...

They were all behaving themselves, but now Lan Tianluo is making such a fuss after seeing that he has sewn up the orange peel!
Isn't this putting Fang Ziye on the hot seat?
"Brother Ye, I'm sorry." Lan Tianlu offered a most sincere smile.

However, Fang Ziye did not hold Lan Tianluo accountable for this matter. Instead, he stitched up the wound several more times and, after experiencing the subtle changes brought about by the Level 2 suturing technique, his mood became calm and comfortable!

As long as it's real and not a despairing fantasy, then there's no problem.

The skill that can be upgraded to level 2 is Cutting.

Fang Ziye wasn't in a hurry to practice the incision technique; he could practice that tomorrow!

He hadn't brought his practice materials for the incision technique, and it wasn't easy to borrow such things from others.

There are only two materials for practicing incision: tofu and modeling clay.

Once the tofu is cut to a precise depth and the straight cut is carefully controlled, the tofu can be cut open, and that concludes one section of the process.

The second method is using modeling clay, which is reusable. It is mainly used to practice cutting along curved lines and to more strictly control the cutting depth.

Spread the clay on the work surface, shape it into cubes with 4mm and 5mm depth respectively, and then simply cut a standard S-shaped cut of 3mm or 4mm. The clay should break but not sever, and the depth should be absolutely consistent. That means you've passed the test.

This is a hurdle that Fang Ziye needs to practice controlling, and after a year and a half, he still cannot fully meet the standard.

Once you've passed the step of cutting clay, you can proceed to sculpting tofu.

Tofu is the first unavoidable ingredient in the training room...

After tidying up the workbench and leaving the skills room, my classmate Li Yuanpei was also leaving the practice room. The two walked side by side, and Li Yuanpei greeted me, "Brother Ye, congratulations!"

Li Yuanpei was tall and thin, a little taller than Fang Ziye, but his skin was slightly dark and his face was pockmarked, as if it were full of stories.

Although he wasn't wearing designer brands, his clothes were at least the latest Adidas models, and the total price of his outfit wouldn't be less than six thousand.

“Brother Pei, you’re making fun of me again. Of the three of us in this year’s class, I’m the worst.” Fang Ziye replied.

"But Pei-ge, why have you been coming to the practice room so often lately?"

Li Yuanpei has already published two SCI papers, one of which is in Q2.

A paper published in a Q2 journal is of very high quality. If you can publish it during your master's studies, your chances of getting a PhD are practically guaranteed.

Even if you accidentally fail the doctoral review exam at Zhongnan Hospital, going to a 211 university for your doctoral studies is a sure thing; it's practically a guaranteed win.

After all, the basic requirement for doctoral graduation at Zhongnan Hospital is one SCI paper in Q2 or two SCI papers in Q3, so the future looks promising.

Fang Ziye also knew that Li Yuanpei had applied for and been assessed on doctoral student recruitment programs at Peking Union Medical College Hospital and Jishuitan Hospital. He didn't bother with these matters and wondered how Li Yuanpei had time to stay in the training room for so long.

Li Yuanpei sighed: "What's the use of articles? We're surgeons!"

"It's too difficult for junior master's degree holders to get by in a place like Zhongnan Hospital."

Fang Ziye thought Li Yuanpei was lamenting the lack of opportunities to operate, so he smiled and said, "Brother Pei, isn't my teacher still supporting his leg?"

Zhongnan Hospital is a top-tier tertiary hospital, ranking at least close to the top 50 in the country, with its orthopedics department ranking among the top 30.

Professors are flocking to the clinic, even associate professors have to wait for surgery, and senior attending physicians are vying to perform minor surgeries.

Specializing in leg raises, hospitalized patients often handle minor emergency surgeries in the emergency room and outpatient clinic, professional doctoral students are eagerly awaiting training, master's degree?

Being able to help support the leg and then cut the thread is already quite good!
Li Yuanpei smiled upon hearing this: "You mean Brother Hong? At least Brother Hong has his own exclusive surgery. You're his first disciple!"

Fang Ziye was Yuan Weihong's only student before, and he had so many opportunities to operate that those who know, know.

Fang Ziye's face flushed instantly: "The mountain opening went poorly." "A complete failure!"

Fang Ziye knew that he had more opportunities to practice in clinical settings than Li Yuanpei.

However, his clinical skills were not as good as Li Yuanpei's, and his research output was also inferior.

So much so that Fang Ziye didn't even dare to apply to the top-tier doctoral programs at Peking Union Medical College Hospital and Kyoto University Hospital, for fear of embarrassing himself.

"It's alright, we'll just have to wait it out..." Li Yuanpei smiled, and after leaving the house, he glanced at the massive Zhongnan Hospital, his gaze becoming increasingly unfocused.

"It's all about enduring hardship..."

"Brother Ye, my mentor said that this year, we won't let any master's students from our own department pursue doctoral studies. Instead, we'll find someone more outstanding from another department."

"Xiong Jinhuan's teacher will definitely want Huan-ge!"

Fang Ziye was taken aback upon hearing this, and exclaimed in astonishment, "Professor Deng isn't taking you on this year?"

"Yeah, there's a guy from Wuhan who took the exam at Peking Union Medical College Hospital in Kyoto. He just graduated from the seven-year program and plans to come back for further studies. He's considering staying at our hospital to work in the future!"

Li Yuanpei stretched out a hand: "Five articles, I'll take my own life to deal with him!"

Fang Ziye could only click his tongue and give a wry smile upon hearing this!

Li Yuanpei is really unlucky.

Originally, it would have been a safe and secure thing for Li Yuanpei to pursue his doctorate under his supervisor.

But if that guy from Kyoto University is a local from Wuhan, and he's doing a combined bachelor's and master's degree at Peking Union Medical College, then his academic qualifications are the ceiling.

With so many articles, and the intention to stay and work in Wuhan.

Professor Deng will definitely choose his first choice for doctoral students; he'll be a valuable assistant in the future!

Li Yuanpei sighed again, "We can't even get out of this training room..."

"In August, the application review process for doctoral students at Kyoto Kyoto Hospital and Kyoto University Hospital was completed, and I didn't even make it to the interview stage..."

"Next up are the affiliated hospitals of Sun Yat-sen University, as well as the affiliated hospitals of Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Fudan University."

"Brother Ye, have you signed up?"

Fang Ziye nodded shamelessly: "My name shouldn't appear on the interview list. Pei-ge, you have a chance!"

Applying for the exam with one's own research results is just going through the process of being rejected by others.

But the newspaper still has to report it; at least it's an opportunity.

Li Yuanpei then added, "Passing the re-examination is useless, the professors there have their own students..."

"A master's degree sounds prestigious, but in the medical field, a master's degree is worthless, and a doctorate is everywhere..."

"Maybe finding a job is the right path for us," he thought, becoming increasingly lost.

……

After parting ways with Li Yuanpei, Fang Ziye instantly understood that his teacher, Yuan Weihong, also wanted him to leave.

A fierce tiger has arrived at the orthopedics department of Zhongnan Hospital, a true general!

Professor Deng's own master's student, Li Yuanpei, has an uncertain future.

Professor Han, Xiong Jinhuan's supervisor, will definitely give priority to Xiong Jinhuan pursuing a doctoral degree.

I want to pursue a PhD in this department.

Fang Ziye was deep in thought in his rented "single apartment".

After thinking for a long time, he slowly said, "In the current situation, writing articles is absolutely useless. The only thing to do is to fight in the training room and take the route of absolute operational strength!"

"If we could leave the practice room, would the professors' practice room perspective or their articles have more weight? I wonder what Professor Deng would choose!"

"Only after you've come out of the practice room can you confidently say you want to pursue a doctorate," Fang Ziye said with unwavering determination.

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