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Chapter 474 Special Teaching Project (Please Subscribe)

"Yuanpei, I heard from Jiehan that you're giving up on going abroad?" After all the bigwigs had been led away by Yuan Weihong, Fang Ziye sat down next to Li Yuanpei and asked.

Although Li Yuanpei has relinquished his duties as the chief resident assistant, he still sets aside one day each week, Saturday, to check on the situation in the department.

The main purpose was to provide guidance to Shu Lang and Qiao Fei on their work as chief resident assistants.

Today is no exception.

Li Yuanpei nodded: "Brother Ye, I have discussed this matter carefully with my master. Going abroad to work in a laboratory there is not very meaningful to me."

"I estimate that my future career path will be laboratory management, research management, and research, and my family supports me."

"After all, making money through clinical work is quite tiring."

Fang Ziye carefully observed Li Yuanpei's expression. The pockmarks on his face were barely noticeable, perhaps due to the accumulation of years as he grew older.

It turns out that this dog secretly went for cosmetic surgery.

Li Yuanpei has a relatively mature appearance, and his temperament is even more mature and stable than Fang Ziye's.

Noticing the fleeting look of dejection in Li Yuanpei's eyes, Fang Ziye asked, "So what do you think?"

Li Yuanpei's family is not short of money, and what he said is not wrong.

The meager earnings he made as a doctor weren't enough to support his family. Yet, they were able to send Li Yuanpei to various high-end private tutoring classes during his undergraduate and master's studies without batting an eye.

Their family fortune, if not hundreds of millions, is certainly in the tens of millions.

As for myself, I'll just take things as they come.

Li Yuanpei is now a second-year doctoral student, making him the "second senior brother" in the department, second only to Yan Zhiming in age.

In the current department, it's no longer Senior Brother Peng who is the "senior brother," nor is it Lin Xuanlei who is the "senior brother." Even Senior Brothers like Sun Shaoqing, Wang Yuanqi, and Gu Yi have all stepped down from their positions as "senior brothers."

The oldest senior colleague in the department right now is Yan Zhiming.

Li Yuanpei and Fang Ziye saw off the five 'senior brothers'.

Li Yuanpei's eyes were sincere: "Really, Brother Ye, I used to think I liked the thrill of healing and saving lives, and that it was cool."

"But now, I really enjoy the feeling of slowly climbing the unknown together with everyone, and forging a unique path."

"The exploration of the unknown in scientific research is more mysterious and fulfilling than the 'miraculous feats' in clinical practice."

Upon hearing this, Fang Ziye asked directly, "Aren't you afraid of becoming the one secretly sewing the wedding dress behind the scenes?"

Li Yuanpei is indeed exceptionally skilled in management. The increasingly well-organized state of the department's master's and doctoral students is all thanks to Li Yuanpei.

Even Lan Tianluo admired Li Yuanpei.

Yes, Lan Tianluo may not admire Deng Yong, but he admires Li Yuanpei. He certainly couldn't do this without some extraordinary talent.

When the team achieved results, Li Yuanpei's apparent "contribution" was the smallest, and he was the least noticeable.

"Brother Ye, am I someone who sews up a wedding dress for someone else? I don't think so."

Li Yuanpei shook his head, then said to his fellow disciples who were looking this way, "Go, go, get back to work, what are you looking at?"

The young master's students immediately sat up straight and began searching their medical records for errors.

However, Li Yuanpei lowered his voice further: "Brother Ye, I'm not bragging, but how do I get along with these brothers now?"

"If you can shake someone, I can shake someone too; if you can't shake someone, I can still shake someone."

Li Yuanpei's voice was even softer: "If my teacher can't get someone through the lottery, I can find a way to get them."

Li Yuanpei wanted to say that he was actually the soul of the team, but he couldn't say it in front of Fang Ziye, the 'official core'.

Seeing that Li Yuanpei had analyzed these things so thoroughly and had changed his pursuits, Fang Ziye didn't try to persuade him any further.

"Clinical work is not just about surgery. Everything that happens in the department, surrounding the patient and the treatment activities, is clinical work," Fang Ziye said.

Li Yuanpei seemed thoughtful upon hearing this, but refuted Fang Ziye's idea.

"Everything that happens in relation to clinical diagnosis and treatment is clinical; this is a broad concept of clinical. It includes everything you mentioned, but is not limited to it."

"From the critical line of animal testing to clinical trials, everything that follows should be attributed to clinical practice."

"Brother Ye, for example, the biggest problem in our department right now is the average length of stay and the postoperative recovery time for patients."

"I understand some of the more technical issues, but the main problem is that patients have a long postoperative healing period. If we want to shorten the average length of hospital stay..."

“Either it mixes in different diseases, or it accelerates the patient’s recovery period…” Li Yuanpei’s voice stopped abruptly after saying this.

Fang Ziye frowned instantly: "Is the hospital's management of average length of stay still based on a one-size-fits-all system?"

Brother, our trauma surgery department has undergone a transformation!
Li Yuanpei nodded, but also offered his analysis: "From the hospital's perspective, it's actually correct."

"The hospital's one-size-fits-all approach is not a one-size-fits-all approach based on the overall level, but rather a one-size-fits-all approach compared to previous years. This can, to some extent, avoid problems such as drug abuse."

"The average length of stay in our department will be extended, but it will definitely be done step by step."

"If a department lacks oversight, it's not far from becoming corrupt!"

Li Yuanpei's way of speaking and acting is increasingly showing the qualities of a leader.

However, Li Yuanpei, as a leader, was different from those administrative leaders; he truly tried to view all issues from a higher perspective.

"Sigh..." Fang Ziye sighed.

He didn't dare to respond to that.

Fang Ziye wanted to say that supervision is actually a constraint on the current development of the department, but as Li Yuanpei said, if the constraint is lost, then corruption is not far away.

Fang Ziye couldn't guarantee that everyone in the department could avoid going astray.

After all, when Professor Deng Yong was still in the department, his junior colleague Zhu Yunwen had already gone astray...

Li Yuanpei laughed and said, "Brother Ye, stop sighing."

"If you're still sighing now, how are we, the brothers at the bottom, supposed to live?"

"By the way, Ye-ge, since you're back today, if you're not sleepy, why don't you go see the teacher?"

"The teacher came to the department this morning and said she wanted to talk to you about something very important."

"I can keep an eye on things in the department for you. Anyway, you're in the hospital, so there's no need to worry about any emergencies."

Upon hearing this, Fang Ziye frowned slightly: "Did Master come here to see me this morning? Did he tell you what it was about?"

Li Yuanpei shook his head.

Fang Ziye didn't press Li Yuanpei any further. He picked up his coffee and headed towards the hand surgery ward. His teacher had come looking for him and shouldn't be leaving before noon.

After arriving at the hand surgery ward, Fang Ziye called Professor Deng Yong, who said he was in his senior office.

A typical ward has the director's office, senior staff offices, and general practitioners' offices.

The director's office is exclusively for the ward director. After knocking on the door and pushing it open, Deng Yong was smoking at the innermost workstation, the cigarette butt almost extinguished.

Fang Ziye's action of pushing the door open made him aware of the heat between his index and middle fingers: "Ziye, you're here? I thought you weren't coming back today."

Deng Yong's smile was radiant!
Upon hearing the news of Fang Ziye's departure, Professor Deng Haibo immediately informed Deng Yong and thanked him, fully acknowledging Fang Ziye's teaching abilities.

“Master, I’ve remembered every single thing you told me.” Fang Ziye approached without hiding the coffee in his hand.

Instead, after putting down the coffee, he refilled Deng Yong's tea before picking up the coffee again, taking a sip, and saying, "Master, is there something you need from me?"

August in Han City is notoriously bad weather. Even getting from Luo Tingzhu's rented room to her office, she would be drenched in sweat.

Sweating causes dehydration.

"Hmm, didn't you ask me to put in a good word for you with the staff in our animal lab so you could use them as material for a clinical teaching research project?"

"I've already spoken to them, and they've all agreed."

“Exactly. As for how to implement this, you and your fellow disciples will have to figure it out yourselves. No one else will help you solve this problem on their own.” Deng Yong took a sip of his tea with relish.

Now, Fang Ziye is Deng Yong's "walking man"!
Although there are many places that Deng Yong himself dares not "travel" to, Fang Ziye dares to go, and thus he is labeled as Deng Yong.

Such a high-profile event didn't just attract the attention of people at Shanghai Sixth Hospital; even the staff in the medical affairs department were surprised after receiving the application from the hospital's medical affairs department.

I immediately reported this matter to the dean's office.

The administration office has called Deng Yong several times in the past few days, asking him questions in detail and treating him well, ensuring he gets plenty of exposure.

"Thank you, Master. We young people can handle the rest."

"Thank you for your hard work, Master."

"It must be quite troublesome, right?" Fang Ziye asked.

Deng Yong laughed heartily, his mole twitching wildly: "What a pain! I went in and just said one thing: if you don't agree, just leave the lab. Within five minutes, everyone's voluntariness was settled."

Fang Ziye's expression and the way he held the coffee cup paused for a moment.

Do you call that voluntary?

However, perhaps this reckless approach is the fastest and most effective way to solve the problem.

Don't be fooled by Deng Yong's gentle and refined demeanor in the department. He's no pushover, having made a name for himself throughout the province.

Tell the truth.

He was only gentle with Fang Ziye and others; he was quite tough on others.

Fang Ziye said, "Master, my idea is that this is a teaching-related research project. I will contact the school's academic affairs office to see if we can apply for some special funding."

"As for data statistics and practice count statistics, I plan to entrust Li Yuanpei with the task."

Deng Yong also put down his teacup: "You and Yuanpei can negotiate alone. You are classmates, and I shouldn't interfere to avoid favoritism."

Then Deng Yong raised his eyelids and said, "I've shown you the utmost favoritism, and now I bet even your senior brother Dong has a lot of complaints about me. If I hadn't suggested you graduate early, would you be in trouble?"

Deng Yong hesitated, as if he wanted to say something but then stopped.

"forget it. I'm done here."

"Thank you, Master." Fang Ziye's lips twitched, unsure how to reply.

Deng Yong then added, "Prepare your materials soon. The hospital is planning to apply for an associate professor position for you, but of course, success is not guaranteed."

All I can say is that I'll try my best.

"If it doesn't work, you can't get angry, understand?"

Fang Ziye nodded quickly: "Master, that's for sure. The hospital is willing to give me an exceptional nomination, which is already showing leniency. No one can guarantee 100% certainty in anything."

Deng Yong said, "Fortunately, you have overseas study experience; otherwise, you wouldn't have been able to meet these requirements."

"Of course, you just graduated this year, so you can't be nominated for the Excellent Young Scientists Fund project, but you can try next year."

"The country now attaches great importance to such talents. If you are lucky, you may be awarded the title of Outstanding Young Scientist or something next year. Anyway, these things can be done as soon as possible."

“But you’re busy…” Deng Yong scratched his head.

Fang Ziye said, "Master, I can make time for you."

Given the opportunity for a promotion and a raise, Fang Ziye would certainly be happy to work overtime!

Why pretend to be high and mighty at a time like this?

Even for the sake of money, we must forge ahead.

"How many limb-sparing surgeries have you performed in the department for patients with severe limb damage?" Deng Yong asked.

Fang Ziye shook his head: "Master, I don't know what happened. We haven't done a single one. Did Professor Liu forget?"

Fang Ziye and Liu Huanglong had previously agreed that the general surgery for the damage would be handled by Nie Mingxian and Wu Xuanqi, while he would handle the upper limb surgery.

But by the 19th of August, Fang Ziye still hadn't been able to perform a single surgery.

I don't know if it's because the medical records weren't properly contacted, or because they didn't queue up to get into the department.

The queue can be quite long.

However, Deng Yong suddenly made a startling statement: "Professor Ni, you're retiring early!"

Upon hearing this, Fang Ziye suddenly shuddered.

"What?"

"Master, is it still because of what happened before?" Fang Ziye asked.

If Professor Ni Yaoping of the Hand Surgery Department were to retire, the entire Hand Surgery Department would be on the verge of collapse, and it would essentially become the Second Trauma Surgery Ward.

Deng Yong shook his head: "It's a health issue. Some time ago, Professor Ni Yaoping was diagnosed with peripheral neuropathy!"

"Complications of diabetes include impaired range of motion and dexterity in the upper limbs."

"Although we managed to hold things up in the clinic this month through medication, ultimately, human will cannot prevail over fate."

"Out of a sense of responsibility to the patients and the department, Professor Ni Yaoping had no choice but to resign."

"After receiving this news, Liu Huanglong immediately agreed to the hospital's request to come to the hand surgery department in November to lead the department."

"But he has one more requirement: you must come with him."

"His condition was that he would make you an associate professor and associate chief physician this year or next."

“Our hospital’s hand surgery department needs a major development!” Deng Yong said.

(End of this chapter)