Chapter 479 - 479 Without hard work from the students good results

Chapter 479: Without hard work from the students, good results cannot be achieved. Chapter 479: Without hard work from the students, good results cannot be achieved. General Surgery Department One conducts its shift changes in the morning, while General Surgery Department Two and Neurosurgery do so in the evening. During regular working hours from Monday to Friday, there’s not much for the on-call staff to do during the day, save for lunchtime. The attending doctors from each team can handle new admissions or patient care on their own. At night and on weekends, when the doctors have gone home to rest, the on-duty staff is responsible for all the ward work for the entire department.

“Whenever you have time, you must seize the chance to rest,” Sun Yubo told the student on duty, “Because on Tuesday we’ll continue with surgeries during the day, be on call overnight, continue with surgeries on Wednesday, and only get to leave and rest in the evening. It’s like this for the entire week. If you don’t squeeze in some sleep whenever you can, you definitely won’t make it. Of course, it’s best to learn from me; I just keep telling myself that when it’s quiet at night, it’s okay to sleep.”

Liu Chengran, who was walking ahead, began to sense something off about his junior’s words, especially that last part, and turned around to smack the junior on the head: “What are you saying! Will you ever grow up? Are you still not weaned?”

Those who have been on duty for a while should have cultivated the mentality of a slick veteran: the comings and goings of storms don’t phase them; they simply know to block the soldiers when they come, and cover the soil when the water rises.

Only rookies pray for a quiet night.

After being scolded by his senior, Sun Yubo sulkily led the students away first.

Back in the ward, they met student Li Qi’an.

“Aren’t you responsible for a teaching task? Your classmate will guide you. Your class advisor said that they wanted to give your classmates an opportunity to try and follow along with your class’s clinical experience to see if they have the capability to start their internships early. That’s why we’ve arranged some night shifts this week for a few of your classmates in our department,” Sun Yubo explained how things came about.

In addition to Li Qi’an, Lin Hao from team four and their own team were on duty this week. Zhao Zhaowei and the class monitor Yue Wentong were scheduled for next week.

Teacher Sun was busy with his own tasks and handed Li Qi’an over to her.

“Yingying, what are the plans for today?” Li Qi’an asked.

Xie Wanying thought about how to arrange the students’ learning tasks; she first needed to determine what level the students were at clinically, so she began with a simple question: “Do you know how to enter medical orders into the computer?”

“I should know a bit,” Li Qi’an answered.

“Don’t tell me whether you know or not, you need to list out what you do and don’t know.”

Li Qi’an blinked: Eh, did the friendly Student Xie suddenly become strict?

Xie Wanying had experience with teaching students in her previous life. Although she wasn’t the main teacher in the lab, she occasionally supervised trainees during their internships. So, she had some experience, albeit not a vast amount.

After what Lin Hao had said last time, she felt that was the case. Constantly babbling and giving reminders could make the students develop a dependence. The teachers who mentored her, like Teacher Tan and Teacher Sun, didn’t bother much with that kind of care. Especially Teacher Tan, who supervised students with a double-edged stare, making you work like you were thrown into the deep end. Quite ruthless indeed.

In Teacher Tan’s educational philosophy: students can’t excel without being put through the wringer.

Li Qi’an took out his notebook, flipped it open, and prepared to take notes: “Yingying, why don’t you explain it to me, and I’ll write it down.”

How could that be acceptable? Clinical instructors don’t have time to handhold students. Medical students are adults, not infants; they’re apprentices upon entering the clinical setting, no longer in a classroom where they can choose to listen or not.

“This task is easy, all it requires is a bit of effort, and by asking around, you can easily get it done. So, today, don’t accompany us to the operating theater. Focus on doing the basic work in the ward well. You’ll be responsible for entering today’s electronic medical orders. I believe in your ability,” Xie Wanying instructed the student on the method of learning, then turned to attend to other matters.