I, Tomoya Aki, am not a bootlicker

The average monthly salary for first-year trainees is 550,000 yen, which increases with the number of years of training. Other types of subsidies are calculated separately, and the hospital will help them handle various insurance arrangements.

The salary of full-time physicians is higher at Kanto General Hospital.

Now I am working as a trainee doctor at the University of Tokyo, and the salary is probably around 400,000 yen.

In comparison, you can indeed earn more money in private hospitals.

However, 400,000 yen is already a lot for a college graduate, and in Neon it is an income that can support a family.

Before 04, trainees were paid very low salaries. Subsequent reforms broke the monopoly of university medical bureaus and improved the salaries of clinical trainees, as well as preferential treatment for physicians willing to practice in rural areas.

Before the reform, clinical training only lasted two years, and university hospitals were no longer allowed to monopolize clinical training. Instead, any hospital that met the requirements could conduct the training.

Now that Japan's training hospitals have undergone reforms, the university hospital medical department's monopoly on talent training has been completely broken.

The standardized training for resident doctors, which was originally completed in two years, has been further extended, divided into "early training doctors" for two years of general clinical training and "late research doctors" for clinical specialty training lasting three years or longer.

The monthly salary of medical trainees, which was previously lower than the minimum living allowance, immediately increased across the board, with 300,000 yen being the lowest baseline.

Not all people studying medicine in Japan are rich.

Why do so many people in Japan want to study medicine, especially want to get into national universities? Because as far as the Japanese medical community has undergone a round of reforms, the salary for medical students is already considerable.

Especially in private hospitals, it provides channels for those who want to make money.

Tuition fees at public universities are generally cheap, while private medical universities are generally expensive, and people who go to private universities still have to pay off their debts after graduation.

After the reform, if university hospitals do not increase salaries, most of the trainee doctors will be driven out.

The working hours are more than twelve hours, not to mention the first two years as a resident physician, where you have to be on call at any time. Who would be willing to receive such low pay?

They say that all the medical students in Japan are rich people. Just listen to them. Some people really cannot afford to study in private medical universities, and many have to take out loans.

You may not be able to get into a national university, but the tuition at public universities is just as cheap, and many people go to public medical universities.

Many people who study medicine, due to practical problems, do want to make money. If doctors can't even make enough to eat, how can they save lives?

No matter how TV or comics portrayed the Second Belt Hospital in the past, or how dark the life of a trainee doctor was, in reality, the treatment of trainees in Japan has increased a lot.

The increase in the salary of trainee doctors also means that the cost of studying medicine for outstanding talents has decreased, which is why Japanese medical schools are becoming more and more popular.

Before the reform, many people wanted to be doctors, but many of them were concerned about the long study period and low starting salary of the medical profession.

Now, the salary of trainee doctors working as civil servants in university hospitals has also increased, and the salary of those choosing private hospitals is generally higher.

This reform has attracted more people to study medicine. After increasing the income of young doctors, it has also allowed them to not worry about trivial matters in life and focus more on their work.

University hospitals have technology and private hospitals have money. University hospitals still have their advantages, but they face more challenges and the competition is becoming more intense.

Even though excellent doctors have been leaving university hospitals in recent years to join private hospitals with higher salaries, university hospitals can still fill the vacancies, and this cycle seems to be a virtuous cycle for now.

Being a doctor in Japan, there are more choices. If you just want to make a living, you don't have to work hard in a university hospital. Instead, if you treat the university hospital as a resume, your income will only be higher if you join a private hospital later as the initial treatment has been reformed and improved.

In short, after a reform, the monopoly of university medical bureaus on talent training was broken. The lives of young doctors in Japan may not be getting better, but they can definitely survive. Apart from work, they don’t have to worry about trivial matters in life, and there is still good room for improvement in the future.

It is true that the longer a doctor works, the more money he makes, but it is a bit biased to say that people who have just become doctors have no money.

It depends on who you compare with.

Because if compared with those doctors with long working experience, the treatment of those who have just become trainee doctors like Tomoya Aki is indeed not good enough.

But if compared with most college graduates, they are not the best, but they are definitely among the best.

"With the on-duty fee, meal allowance and other subsidies, the money I get every month is not small, but I haven't had much use for the money in the past two years..."

The money they received was not small, but they had to declare the tax individually. And since they were working as residents for the past two years, it was estimated that they would not be able to spend the money anywhere.

On his first day at Kanto General Hospital, or to be more precise, in the Department of Cardiac Surgery at Kanto General Hospital, besides doing his work, Tomoya Aki also familiarized himself with the environment.

The next six months will be spent getting to know seniors who are in charge of different areas, as well as the work environment and work content.

Arriving at the hospital the earliest and leaving the hospital the latest is the true portrayal of Ning, a medical trainee undergoing late clinical specialist training.

However, for people like Tomoya Aki who had started this stage in advance, since it was hospitalization, the issue did not exist. They had been in the hospital for the past two years, so there was no question of who arrived first and left last.

And on the first day, Tomoya Aki will be on duty with Dr. Nakagawa, who has been guiding them for the past two months.

"Dr. Nakagawa, did you also graduate from the University of Tokyo?"

While on duty at night, Aki Tomoya asked him.

"It's a pity that I didn't get in that year."

Dr. Nakagawa shook his head in response.

He looked around and then whispered to him, "It's so late at night. It must be lonely to be on duty with a grown man like me, right?"

"..."

"Just kidding, just laugh. It's boring to be on duty with nothing to do. Of course, having nothing to do is best."

Chapter 426 Young man, you are very smart

The person in charge of Aki Tomoya and the other two is Sasaki Ichiru, but that doesn't mean he is their supervising doctor.

Formal specialist clinical training first involves a six-month transition period before formally starting.

This is the so-called familiarization process.

In the past six months, Aki Tomoya and his colleagues were still at the grassroots level. All they had to do was to be on duty, write medical records, post test reports, and provide some simple descriptions of the condition.

"Take a look at these things first. You have nothing to do anyway."

Dr. Nakagawa took out a stack of medical records and placed them in front of Tomoya Aki, as if to give him something to do.

Being on duty for so long at night would be very boring if you don't find something to do.

"Take your time and don't rush. If you're done, I'll find something else for you to do."

Dr. Nakagawa smiled.

The other party's attitude made Akito Tomoya feel as if he was being treated like a child.

Cardiac surgery patient records...

There is nothing else to do for now, just wait and see.

"By the way, Amiya-kun, you guys know how to write medical records, right? The university hospital taught you that during your clinical internship, right?"

"This is natural."

The corner of Tomoya Aki's eye twitched slightly, and he didn't know if the other party said that on purpose.

Not only did they treat these trainee doctors like children, they also seemed to think that they knew nothing...

Well, the truth is, they can't really do anything complicated right now.

Faced with Dr. Nakagawa's teasing, Akitomo had no choice but to hold it in.

"Aki-kun, do you have a girlfriend?"

Suddenly at this moment, Nakagawa raised his head, put down the book in his hand, and asked him curiously.

"..."

Tomoya Aki paused what he was doing, then looked at Dr. Nakagawa in confusion. The doctor first asked him to look at the medical records, and then started to check the household registration.

When asked this question, Aki Tomoya replied casually, "Yes."

"That's really hard for you. You can't go home for two years, and you can't leave the hospital area for 24 hours. It's very difficult for a newly-appointed doctor to fall in love."

Nakagawa exclaimed.

In fact, doctors should be mentally prepared. Although the two years of residency pass in the blink of an eye, the process is not so easy to endure.

It’s also a torment that I can’t go back to see my lover for two years.

"Dr. Nakagawa, are you single?"

"Oh, I'm married."

"So you are an experienced person."

At this time, Tomoya Aki started asking about the other party.

Not being able to go back for two years and being separated from your lover for two years sounds very torturous.

However, there is no way, since I chose this path.

"I've been through this before. My first love broke up with me in this way."

The other party laughed as he spoke.

To be honest, he broke up with her because of this.

At the same time, Akitomo also saw a hint of amusement in Dr. Nakagawa's eyes, as if he was reminding him of something.

"Doctor Nakagawa, are you a bad person?"

On a quiet night, in the cardiac surgery department, it wasn't too boring because there were people to chat with.

However, Dr. Nakagawa's topic made it difficult for Aki Tomoya to continue.

The other party seemed to be using himself as a lesson to remind Aki Tomoya to be careful.

"Let's not talk about this topic anymore..."

Obviously, Aki Tomoya didn't want to say anything more about this matter.

It’s better to talk less about topics like long-distance relationships and breaking up due to work.

Although before coming to the hospital, Tomoya Aki told Sayaka Kudo that there was a chance that they would meet, but who can say for sure?

Fortunately, Tomoya Aki believes in the saying that distance creates beauty, and strictly speaking, their distance is not too far.

His apartment in Bunkyo Ward was only a few subway stations away.

But as I said, being a resident doctor means you have a home but cannot return home.

"Ami-kun, you don't seem to be worried at all. When you have time, call your girlfriend more often."

Dr. Nakagawa continued with the topic, and it seemed that he really enjoyed teasing a junior who was younger than himself.

In response, Aki Tomoya rolled his eyes slightly.

Seeing his rolling eyes, Dr. Nakagawa smiled again.

"We haven't had any new members in the Department of Cardiac Surgery for a long time. The seniors will take good care of you!"

Dr. Nakagawa gave Tomoya Aki a meaningful smile.

Every year there are trainee doctors who apply to come here, but in the end they all go to other departments.

This year, there are three of them, and they were all assigned directly to their cardiac surgery department, saving them the trouble of early rotations.

Sasaki Ichiru also made it clear that this was Director Mononobe's arrangement and no one could have any objections.

"Honestly, this morning, with Dr. Sasaki like that, I almost thought we were still in the university hospital. I really miss him..."

Dr. Nakagawa said with a curl of his lips.

He was also quite curious about the three new trainees who had joined the cardiac surgery department. Their origins should not just be about the University of Tokyo and Shun Tung University.

It's just that because they are graduates from top prestigious universities, they shouldn't be arranged to do things that are against the rules.

Is it simply because this place is almost becoming the private domain of the University of Tokyo?

More than half of the people here are from the University of Tokyo, but for this reason, they are not able to skip the initial rotation process.

At this time, Nakagawa couldn't help but sigh that it's good to have connections.

With just a few words from others, they saved two years of rotation time and began to receive specialized clinical training during the residency stage.

It can be said that this is a gap. People are indeed different.

"Others will have five years, and you will have two years. Although this is convenient, you will have to work harder. There are many things for you to learn."

Dr. Nakagawa gave Aki Tomoya a look that told him to fend for himself.

While listening to the other party's words, Tomoya Aki continued to look through the medical records in his hand.

At the same time, another voice was heard in the surgical room.

"Nakagawa, stop scaring my junior."

"Doctor Yoshida, I see you're still here. Isn't it your turn to be on duty today?"