Chapter 231: Entertainment Competition

Fang Ziye had never really considered the issues Nie Xue Hua considered before.

During his internship, looking up from his own position, there were crowds of people above; Fang Ziye only felt his future was uncertain.

During his master's, looking up from his own position, he saw some exceptionally anxious doctoral senior brothers; in the killing struggle of work, not many stayed at the hospital.

Even now, looking up from his current position, Fang Ziye at most only thought about staying at the hospital and becoming an attending physician, then promotion matters.

As for why, from the attending physician step to deputy chief physician, the number of deputy chief physicians in Zhongnan Hospital Trauma Surgery is so much greater than the number of attending physicians, Fang Ziye truly never thought deeply about it.

But now, calming down to think it over, Fang Ziye felt this outcome was a bit too cruel.

Not to mention other subspecialties.

Just within Trauma Surgery, or rather just within our group.

Under Professor Deng Yong there is also Associate Professor Xie Jinyuan, currently preparing for chief physician, and then there are Yuan Weihong and Qin Geluo.

Their ages don't differ much; to put it in very practical terms, if Yuan Weihong promotes to chief physician, Xie Jinyuan would certainly be in his prime, so after Yuan Weihong becomes a professor.

He would likely face the choice of either leaving to start his own practice, or squeezing out Xie Jinyuan or another chief physician to lead a group alone.

The pressure Qin Geluo faces is similar.

Even Xie Jinyuan has to consider the possibility that Yuan Weihong might promote to chief physician earlier than him.

One general's success is built on ten thousand withered bones.

Fang Ziye couldn't help but wonder inwardly, for instance his master Professor Deng Yong — just how many mature physicians from this hospital did he struggle against to reach this step?

Nie Xue Hua watched Fang Ziye's grave expression and said, "Ziye, for the current you to consider these things is still too early. No rush."

Fang Ziye nodded.

In life, everywhere is learning; it just depends on whether you sometimes carefully ponder, think, and experience the things you usually take for granted.

……

After returning, it was already late; Fang Ziye hurriedly washed up, said goodnight to Luo Tingzhu, then hurried to catch up on sleep.

The next day, early morning, Fang Ziye was woken by the alarm clock.

After getting up he subconsciously walked to the hand washing station, only then realizing he was in a hotel, and apparently didn't need to rush straight to the department like usual after waking early.

Every group in the department has someone on duty for ward rounds; for example Mao Mao is the postdoctoral researcher responsible for on-duty rounds, completing the group's medical order changes, and dressing changes for patients.

Zhong Xue Gao is the one who needs to go early to bring Mao Mao for ward rounds before rushing to the venue.

This time is very early, but Fang Ziye doesn't need to worry about it; Fang Ziye's current task is to accompany his teacher Professor Deng Yong, eat breakfast with them, then in the afternoon call a car to pick up his teacher.

The two junior brothers, such as Jie Han and Lan Tianluo, didn't come along to broaden their horizons because of their personal abilities and the heavy group paper writing tasks.

After Fang Ziye went out, he saw the door to Professor Deng Yong's suite was already open.

Associate Professor Xie Jinyuan and Fang Ziye's doctoral senior brothers had already come out and were waiting, planning to go down together for breakfast, then go wait at the venue.

This Orthopedics Mid-Year Conference and Skills Competition has academic conferences and young physicians' skills competition, so the audience is very broad.

Older people listen to lectures, give lectures, or watch the competition; young people mainly compete.

After Fang Ziye joined the crowd, he just stood there properly, listening to the senior brothers discuss the upcoming competition, and Associate Professor Xie as the "group's little team leader" was explaining some basic rules.

"This Trauma Surgery competition is divided into five events. Incision, Suture, Debridement, Hemostasis, and Osteotomy — five small sessions!"

"Each morning and afternoon has one session; mainly the first hour and a half focuses on competition, the remaining time is young people's play time, equivalent to a large training room."

"Then, this time's scoring details differ slightly from before; they'll be more perverted — not only considering your respective operation levels, but also adaptability."

"That is imitation ability; before each competition, someone will do a teaching operation demonstration; the scoring detail is to meticulously observe the demonstrator's operation process and result, and imitate as closely as possible."

"Ultimately it emphasizes control ability; this differs slightly from before." Xie Jinyuan was mainly speaking for Wang Yuanqi to hear.

Qin Geluo is this hospital's attending physician; he already heard the corresponding rules yesterday. So today there was no need to repeat them in front of him.

After the rules changed, Wang Yuanqi's expression turned serious; his slender neck involuntarily swayed: "Teacher Xie, how come the rules suddenly changed? Skills competition, not emphasizing one's own operation but emphasizing imitation?"

Although a doctoral student like Wang Yuanqi wouldn't get especially good results in this competition, Wang Yuanqi still hoped to win an award to prove himself.

In this kind of competition, the current him is naturally just a supporting role for gaining experience; later, it will be his own stage, gradually emerging — the opportunity for young people like himself to show themselves.

"What's wrong with imitation?"

"Many surgeries are imitation, including surgeries you'll encounter later; their fundamental principle is to perform imitation osteotomy based on the patient's bone defect model."

"Moreover, imitation will become increasingly useful after you start working." After Xie Jinyuan finished explaining, he added:

"The current rules are like this; specific details, before the opening ceremony, Provincial People's Hospital Professor An Lumming will explain again. You can experience it well."

"After all, every set of rules has exploitable space."

"Ziye, Zhiming, and you several — should all be first-time participants, right? After you draw lots for competition order later, you can discuss together…" Xie Jinyuan instructed quite casually.

The ones formally participating this time are Qin Geluo, Nie Xue Hua, Zhang Zixi, and Li Nuo — several attending physicians from this hospital; they are the real young main force.

Others, like Yan Zhiming the doctoral student, even an exceptionally outstanding doctoral student like Fang Ziye, are just here to broaden horizons; getting a reward would be nice. As for Li Yuanpei, Shu Lang, and Xie Jinyuan's own student Gong Ziming, they are completely just here as spectators.

Moreover, this time Zhongnan Hospital actually has no reserve candidate who can win the Special Prize, so this time Professor Deng Yong and Associate Professor Xie Jinyuan didn't attach extra importance or make special arrangements for this competition.

……

Professor Deng Yong coming to Enshi wasn't specifically for the young physician skills competition; he is one of the bigwigs of the Trauma Surgery academic conference sub-venue, serving as a hosting guest.

And Xie Jinyuan, because he has lectures in the morning, also couldn't go watch the competition.

Therefore, Fang Ziye and the others were brought to the competition venue by Wang Yuanqi.

This conference has five venues total: four academic conference venues, and the first-floor small conference rooms set up as four competition venues.

Currently, the nominal biggest bigwig of Hubei Province Trauma Surgery is Professor Duan Hong, but perhaps Professor Qi Qiaowen of Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Professor Duan Hong of Tongji Hospital, and Fang Ziye's teacher Professor Deng Yong reached some consensus!

Hoping to let the younger generation shine, so they handed the chief referee role of this Trauma Surgery sub-venue to Provincial People's Hospital Professor An Lumming to preside.

And the Trauma Surgery assessment referees, besides Professor An Lumming, are mostly Hand Surgery associate professors; Trauma Surgery associate professors went to the Joint Surgery venue as scoring referees, to show fairness…

Professor An Lumming is a big bald head, appearing even more imposing; the competitors are all young physicians, so he doesn't beat around the bush, and started the opening early.

When Fang Ziye and the others arrived, Professor An Lumming's speech was already nearing its end: "I won't waste more words!"

"This young physician skills competition aims to exchange and learn; there are no real winners or losers — as long as you participate, you are all victors."

"Now I'll announce the competition format for this event. We're still using the alternating examiner mechanism — Hand Surgery professors cross-proctoring Trauma Surgery, and Trauma Surgery examiners cross-proctoring Hand Surgery."

"The format has four rounds total. The first round is this morning — simulated Incision Technique. The second round is this afternoon from three to five — simulated Suturing Technique. The third through fifth rounds follow the same pattern, spanning two and a half days total."

"Each match runs about two hours overall. Every contestant's operating time must be kept within fifteen minutes as much as possible — we still need to return more time to the essence of the academic conference, which is exchange. Give those who aren't competing, or who get eliminated later, more operating time and space."

"Gradual elimination system. The further we go, the less competition time there is, and the more time for practice, exchange, and operation. So the top thirty-two in this morning session's final scoring ranking can continue to the afternoon contest."

"The afternoon contest has a thirty-minute limit. Of the thirty-two young men competing in the afternoon, only the top sixteen can participate in tomorrow's contest."

"Tomorrow morning's contest will have a one-hour limit. After the contest concludes, there will be free exchange, sparring, and operation time. Please take note, and I hope all the young people competing can play happily, learn happily, and compete with peace of mind."

"Don't carry any psychological burden."

"This competition's scoring mechanism is a comprehensive score accumulation system. The highest final comprehensive score gets a separate MVP Special Grand Prize. Top eight get First Prize, top sixteen get Second Prize, top thirty-two get Third Prize, and the rest get the Trauma Surgery Pioneer Participation Award — everyone wins a prize."

"No pressure this way — everyone can go back and report mission accomplished." An Lumming's words were still quite crisp; once he finished, he moved directly into the next segment.

Fang Ziye, Wang Yuanqi, and the others in the crowd were unremarkable, but beside Pang Shu, Chen Tailin, and Provincial Central Hospital's Ning Jindong and others, there seemed to be professor-aged figures bent in low conversation.

(Chapter End)