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Chapter 356 I'll Give You a Surgical Instruction (Second Update, Please Subscribe)

"Master? What do you mean?" Fang Ziye asked.

"Our hospital doesn't have a rule that associate chief physicians must go out for further training, does it?"

Fang Ziye understood what Deng Yong meant; he was saying that he might have to go away for further studies for a period of time.

Otherwise, why would there be the distinction between other people's homes and one's own homes?

Such advanced studies should not be conducted at institutions like Tongji or Peking Union Medical College in Wuhan.

"Do you think Liu Huanglong is so awesome that he can just walk up to an academician or a big shot in trauma surgery, hand them a piece of paper, and say, 'Hey, Xiao Yuan, help me write a written application'?" Deng Yong joked.

“That definitely won’t work. Even for Professor Liu, the joint would probably need to be dislocated and reset several times.” Fang Ziye shook his head.

To be honest, Fang Ziye had never looked into this kind of thing before, nor had he thought much about the possibility of being promoted to associate senior professional title through special procedures. Fang Ziye currently only holds a junior professional title, and after graduating with his doctorate, he plans to pursue an intermediate professional title. It will be a long time before he can apply for associate senior professional title.

Naturally, no corresponding arrangements or plans were made. However, Professor Li Guohua had given Fang Ziye about six months of grassroots work experience, which could be used in the hospital's standards for hiring associate senior-level staff.

The requirements for applying for associate senior professional titles and the requirements for hospital appointments to associate senior positions are separate. Generally, the appointment requirements for associate senior positions in top teaching hospitals are much higher than the application requirements for associate senior professional titles.

There are many times when you obtain an associate senior professional title, but the hospital does not hire you as an associate senior professional because you do not meet the hospital's requirements for hiring an associate senior professional, such as publishing high-quality articles or mastering sufficient surgical techniques.

"So, you'll have to earn it yourself. Liu Huanglong can only recommend you. Of course, you should remember the favor of this recommendation."

"Liu Huanglong had such a good opportunity before because of his father-in-law. However, Liu Huanglong himself is also quite strong," Deng Yong explained to Fang Ziye.

"Furthermore, if you want to advance in the future, a certain level of interpersonal skills will definitely be necessary. Of course, that time will not be now, nor this year..."

Fang Ziye is still the chief resident. As long as he remains a chief resident, he cannot be asked to go out for further training.

While going out for further studies, it is also essential to get to know some people and build a unique network of personal relationships for Fang Ziye.

Humans are social beings, not solitary travelers.

In fact, Fang Ziye doesn't know or visit a particularly large number of people.

There are only six living academicians in the field of orthopedics. It would be best if Fang Ziye could get their support, along with his own efforts and assistance, so that he might be able to enter that transcendent hall of fame in the future.

If you can network with people in your circle and have the ability, why not try to network with them? If you really can't network, then forget it.

Are you expecting these big shots to come and befriend you?
"Later, I will have Yuan Weihong guide you through some common level 3 surgeries in our trauma surgery department, such as open reduction and internal fixation of fractures, simple open reduction and internal fixation of pelvic fractures, and some other more common procedures," Deng Yong said slowly.

The reason for specifically mentioning open reduction and internal fixation of fractures and pelvic fractures is that these are not particularly common at Zhongnan Hospital.

"It's really embarrassing for a trauma surgeon to not even be able to perform fracture surgery..."

方子业闻言点头，看了看自己的面板。四肢简单骨折切开复位内固定术4级562/5000、骨盆骨折切开复位内固定术4级505/5000。

Fang Ziye touched his nose: "Master, when I was in Enshi, I saw many chief physicians perform fracture surgeries. Why don't you transfer to the outpatient department?"

Deng Yong's expression immediately turned serious. He had never witnessed Fang Ziye's surgical procedures or anything else at Enshi Central Hospital. He had only heard people praising Fang Ziye's abilities, but he mostly took it as mutual flattery.

Deng Yong said, "Don't be arrogant and complacent. Your master is still your master after all. Yuan Weihong is young and has the latest experience with fracture surgery, so he is the least unfamiliar with it."

"To be honest, it's been almost thirteen or fourteen years since I've had surgery on a simple fracture. Now, if I'm having surgery and there's no bone defect or it's not a complex fracture, I feel a bit lost. Otherwise, I would have personally guided you."

Deng Yong isn't bragging. Sometimes, the simpler the surgery, the more unfamiliar it becomes because it's been shelved for a long time, and you might not even have a special feel for it when performing it.

When performing the most familiar procedures—complex fractures, special bone defects, or even just bone transport or a high-difficulty osteotomy—Professor Deng Yong feels incredibly refreshed and invigorated.

"Alright... Master." Fang Ziye had no choice.

Professor Deng Yong had already established a fixed mindset, which showed that I shouldn't be arrogant or complacent. Yet I was standing next to Professor Deng Yong saying that Yuan Weihong might not be able to mentor me, which seemed a bit like boasting...

That concludes our chat.

Around 7:20, Luo Tingzhu had already packed a bowl of hot dry noodles for Fang Ziye from outside, and it should have been mixed well at that time.

Pushing open the door, I saw Fang Ziye in the inpatient break room, so I smiled and handed him a black cloth bag and a disposable bag for hot dry noodles, saying, "Senior, this is breakfast, and these are socks!"

Fang Ziye was too embarrassed to ask Luo Tingzhu to wash his underwear, so he just threw it away when he was too busy to wash it. But socks could be reused, so Luo Tingzhu would ask Fang Ziye to collect them once or twice every day or two.

After all, he's the chief resident. If Fang Ziye rushes home to wash his socks and doesn't get to the emergency consultation location when he receives the call, then there could be a lot of trouble.

"Thank you for your hard work." Fang Ziye was actually a little embarrassed.

Having been single for so many years, even with a girlfriend, he still had to take care of himself abroad, which made him a little uncomfortable troubling to trouble others. "It's alright, senior. I'll go see our group's patients now. I'll also arrange tomorrow's surgeries," Luo Tingzhu said goodbye.

"Okay! Thank you for your hard work, Senior Brother Yan Zhiming." Fang Ziye nodded.

The surgical scheduling in the department is mostly arranged by the attending physicians. These tasks should have been Fang Ziye's responsibility, but Fang Ziye's schedule is too unpredictable, sometimes even more so than Professor Deng Yong's, so it is naturally assumed that Luo Tingzhu and others will be in charge of the scheduling.

In March, both Wang Yuanqi and Gu Yi had graduated. Wang Yuanqi was still waiting for Professor Deng Yong's news about staying at the hospital, but Gu Yi had already left Wuhan and, like his senior brother Sun Shaoqing, went to find a job in another city.

Therefore, the senior brothers and sisters in the group now are Luo Tingzhu and Yan Zhiming.

Luo Tingzhu walked a few steps away, then turned back: "Senior Brother Yan Zhiming said he'd treat you to lunch. I forgot to tell you."

Upon hearing this, Fang Ziye was delighted: "Great! It's been a long time since I've had a meal with Senior Brother Yan Zhiming. Are you eating in the department?"

Luo Tingzhu shook her head: "After I finish scheduling the surgeries and reviewing the medical records, I need to go to the lab first."

“My mentor has a lot of money right now, so he gave me some funds to do basic experiments on other specialized cells. It’s a rare opportunity, so I have to work hard to prepare for finding a job later.”

"In addition, the municipal and provincial research projects I applied for are also coming to an end, so I'm quite busy," Luo Tingzhu explained softly, not that she was unwilling to have dinner with Fang Ziye.

Luo Tingzhu walked away, and Fang Ziye began to eat heartily.

I couldn't help but think of Senior Brother Yan Zhiming. Senior Brother Yan Zhiming used to be a chubby little guy, but now he has transformed. After sending off Senior Brother Sun Shaoqing, who was in the third year, he also sent off Senior Brothers Wang Yuanqi and Gu Yi. Now he is the senior brother in the group.

Even his classmate Yuanpei is now a second-year doctoral student.

Time really flies...

At noon, Fang Ziye, as the representative, treated all the doctoral and master's students in the group to a big meal.

After all, whether it was the card given by Professor Ni from the Department of Hand Surgery or the talent recruitment fee from the hospital, it was a windfall.

As the chief resident, it's only right that I take care of my fellow patients.

It wasn't a particularly lavish meal, but since there were quite a few people eating, we each had one serving of KFC, fried rice, barbecue, and stir-fried dishes, which cost a total of over two thousand yuan, allowing everyone to eat as much as they wanted.

During the meal, many people tried to get close to Fang Ziye, hoping that he could take care of them during an emergency consultation. Fang Ziye nodded and agreed to all of them.

While outwardly agreeing, one must first make a mental ranking.

Yan Zhiming, his senior classmate Li Yuanpei, and Xiong Jinhuan are in the first tier; as for the others, it's up to fate.

Fang Ziye couldn't be absolutely fair in everything, and he didn't care whether the master's and doctoral students in the other two groups had enough opportunities. If someone was particularly outstanding, he could learn from Jin Hongzhou and give them some extra opportunities.

The dragon-slaying youth has become the dragon himself.

Fang Ziye thought so.

……

On the afternoon of April 18th, at 3:23 PM, Yuan Weihong confidently led Fang Ziye into the operating room!
"Separate operating room" means that when there are too many surgeries accumulated in a day, and all surgeries in the operating room are idle, Professor Deng Yong's team splits up to perform two separate surgeries.

The fracture surgery was relatively simple, so Yuan Weihong only brought Fang Ziye and Jie Han with him. He didn't even bring Lan Tianluo, because Lan Tianluo was going to the operating room to assist Professor Deng Yong with the patients in his assigned beds.

As he entered the operating room, Fang Ziye finally breathed a sigh of relief and decided to open up, saying, "Master, has your open reduction and internal fixation technique for fractures reached the level of 'mastery'?"

“Of course not. Our hospital doesn’t have that many surgeries.” Yuan Weihong turned around, pulled Fang Ziye into the operating room, and said, “Oh, don’t worry about that. Your master can teach you.”

"It's not like only chief physicians in prefecture-level city hospitals have the expertise to treat fractures and mentor you."

Jie Han then excitedly said, "Senior brother, a fracture surgery? This is a special opportunity!"

Fracture surgery is the highest-level surgery that Jiehan can look forward to during his residency.

Simple fracture surgeries are classified as Level II procedures, and senior resident physicians can gradually perform them under the guidance of their superiors.

"I've arrived, Master..." Fang Ziye said honestly. After all, it was his mentor in person, and Fang Ziye couldn't hide it from him, deceive him, or cheat him out of his feelings.

As soon as he finished speaking, seeing Yuan Weihong stiffen and about to crash into the not-yet-fully-opened operating room door, Fang Ziye quickly grabbed Yuan Weihong's shoulders with both hands.

These hands were exceptionally strong, not meant to hit Yuan Weihong, but rather to demonstrate to Yuan Weihong that his arms had grown and the muscles on them.

The expressions on Yuan Weihong and Jie Han's faces instantly became quite interesting.

(End of this chapter)