Stepping out of Zhou Shuwen's office, Liu Banxia felt a heavy weight on his heart. Leading wasn't an easy job. Despite many people wanting to be in power, one had to be prepared to bear the stress that ca with it.
Zhou Shuwen seed to be equally conflicted about whether to add the fecal transplantation project, which was probably why he'd said more today. As the Deputy Chief Director of the Second Hospital and manager of an ever-expanding ergency center, the pressure on him was likely heavier than Liu Banxia could comprehend.
No one had it easy. Once you took on this kind of work, you had to carry the associated worries.
Seeing the lights on in Ergency Rooms One and Two, Liu Banxia casually asked, "Oh? Another ergency patient?"
"One acute abdominal pain, and one e-bike collision with a car. Wang Chao and Qi are leading the interns in treating them," Shi Lei replied.
Liu Banxia rubbed his face. "Boss, how are things going with your girlfriend? Do you two talk on the phone regularly or anything?"
"We haven't called, but we've ssaged each other," Shi Lei said.
"Wang Chao is off tomorrow, and I'm off the day after. When are you planning to take a day off? You can't keep working like this. We have more people here now, and Xu Yino and the others are trained up. Things are a lot easier."
"Ugh… there's just too much going on right now; I can't just take a break, can I? This training and education work really has tied down," Liu Banxia sighed.
"It's fine. You guys take your leave when it's due. I'll take mine whenever sothing cos up or when I need to. Everyone was very considerate of during the New Year; I can't act like I'm unaware of that."
"It's not that serious. We all know that being the chief resident is tiring for you, so we try not to call you for ergency tasks unless it's absolutely necessary," Shi Lei said with a smile.
"You should focus your energy on the training and education work, and on departntal managent. Then, dedicate any remaining energy to surgeries. That would be better than anything."
"What are you getting at? Is it really that serious?" Liu Banxia said helplessly.
"Of course it is. The current situation is that we have enough surgeons. However, the Anesthesiology Departnt is a bit short on anesthesiologists," Shi Lei said.
"If we can minimize the ti for each surgery, they'll be able to get more rest. For surgeries here in the ergency center, we definitely prioritize using our own Anesthesiology Departnt. But the inpatient departnt is also transferring quite a few surgeries over now, and they're really exhausted."
"Sigh, it's a chronic problem, a real headache. The Anesthesiology Departnt and the ICU have truly beco major persistent issues," Liu Banxia said helplessly.
"I was just thinking of asking the director if we could implent so policies for training interns for these two departnts, perhaps even targeted recruitnt."
"But then I saw how many things the director is currently managing, so I didn't bring it up. I plan to wait until I've thought it through properly."
"So, if you take on more surgeries, you can also help lighten the director's load. Xu Yino and the others have essentially been trained up by you ahead of schedule. We can keep an eye on the rest of the work for you," Shi Lei said.
"Alright, I'll see how things go. Assign a few more surgeries in the next couple of days. But regarding this training and education work, do you have any pointers?" Liu Banxia asked.
Shi Lei shook his head vigorously. "Nope, nothing to do with . Go ask soone else." After saying that, Shi Lei quickly slipped away.
Liu Banxia felt helpless. These guys were too cunning. The mont he ntioned the training and education work, it was like a hot potato; each one dodged it faster than the last.
Normally, he would have just gone back to his books. But today, his thoughts were a bit muddled. He looked around and, noticing the ENT (Ear, Nose, and Throat) departnt seed a bit quiet, he ambled over.
"Old Du, how has work been for you lately?" Liu Banxia asked in a serious tone.
"It's definitely a bit more relaxed here than in the inpatient departnt. Over there, we see a lot more patients. Here, it's no more than fifteen a day, I'd say," Du Fancheng said with a smile.
"How co you're free today? These past few days, it seems like you've been the busiest person in the entire ergency center. Always one thing after another."
"It's manageable, I suppose. Even though I'm the chief resident, I can at least get a full night's sleep. Having more to do during the day isn't too hard to bear," Liu Banxia said casually.
"If you run into any difficulties over here, just let know, and I'll handle the coordination. But you don't have that many lab tests in your departnt, do you?"
Du Fancheng nodded. "For now, it's manageable. But it's hard to say when the patient load might increase. When we first transferred over, we only had a few patients a day."
"However, most of our current patients are elderly, mainly with ear-related conditions. There's no need for surgeries at the mont. When is the Plastic Surgery Departnt coming over? We actually collaborate with them quite a lot."
Liu Banxia nodded. "I'm waiting for news on that too. They were supposed to co over soon, but I don't know why it's hit a snag. The Orthopedics Departnt is currently swamped with patients, so their handover isn't complete yet."
"Once these two departnts arrive, and then Urology, our setup here will be pretty much complete. Aside from other considerations, at least the basic frawork will be in place. After that, it's just a matter of expanding the dical teams, and then we can participate in the evaluations."
"Only then will our ergency center truly achieve so scale. I believe each departnt needs to have at least four attending physicians, right?"
"That would be quite sothing. But I imagine the patient volu by then won't be small either," Du Fancheng said.
"Exactly. So, to expand our team of doctors, we need to train our own people. Right? Any thoughts on that?" Liu Banxia quickly asked.
Du Fancheng shot him an annoyed glance. "I was wondering why you were being so kind, coming over to show concern for . Turns out you ca for nothing. The nature of our departnt? It's a field that's difficult to master in dicine."
"Besides, many ENT doctors gradually transition into general surgery, since most demand for costic procedures is facial."
"Plastic surgery is lucrative. They can hone their skills here. Once they're proficient enough, they can leave to start their own practice, so not many end up staying."
"Often, once their training is complete, they 'fly the coop.' I almost took off myself. But after so thought, I figured this is my specialty, so it's better to stay put and be content."
"Uh... Old Du, aren't you getting this backward? Wasn't I supposed to be the one venting to you? How did it turn into you venting to ?" Liu Banxia said helplessly.
"That's just how it is, can't be helped. It's not just us; actually, all hospitals face the problem of staff attrition."
"Besides, young people these days tend to be more restless and have stronger personalities. It makes being a ntor even more tiring. Not everyone can be like Xu Yino and his group."
"I understand. So you're saying we don't necessarily have to focus solely on solutions for each departnt, but also need to consider things from the interns' perspective, right?" Liu Banxia asked.
Du Fancheng nodded. "That's more or less it. Ultimately, it cos down to the individuals. Everyone's been discussing reforms for training and education lately, and they're keen to see what new plan you can devise."
"Training and education are the responsibilities of every departnt. It's not that we don't want to teach them or develop their practical skills. But you know that among the students we ntor, those who can reach the level of Xu Yino and his group within a year are extrely rare, right?"
Liu Banxia nodded. Of course, he knew that. That's why he would have to lower the difficulty significantly in this regard; he couldn't use Xu Yino and his peers as the standard.
"So, that's where the problem becos clear. If the students' motivation isn't stimulated, how do you expect us to teach them?" Du Fancheng said with a smile.
"We can only resort to cramming knowledge into them and hope for the best regarding how much they absorb. Because of their lack of initiative, we don't know what they haven't grasped versus what they've already mastered."
"It's actually similar to learning in a classroom. Even though they've been dical students for a long ti, working in a hospital is vastly different from what they imagined."
"If you can coordinate these two aspects well, I think your training and education plan should be much easier to formulate, right? I'm only telling you this much because it's you; I wouldn't say this to anyone else."
Liu Banxia thought for a mont and nodded. This was his first ti supervising interns. The reason it seed like he was doing a good job was fundantally due to the proactive initiative of Xu Yino and the others.
They were naturally eager to learn and had a strong thirst for knowledge. That's why he felt a sense of satisfaction while teaching them and, without realizing it, ended up teaching them a great deal.
Imagine if they took a long ti to learn every procedure he taught them. How would he feel then? Would he still have such strong motivation to figure out how to train them?
"Thanks. Otherwise, I would have kept thinking that just by us supervising doctors putting pressure on the interns, we could make them study seriously," Liu Banxia said earnestly.
"Pressure? How exactly would we apply it?" Du Fancheng said with a wry smile.
"They're just here for internships. Much of the ti, we're teaching while working. Our own working hours are already long, so theirs will inevitably be extended significantly."
"If the pressure becos too great and sothing goes wrong, we'll all be in serious trouble. I believe the primary task is figuring out how to fully motivate these young people."
"Alright, I'll give this so more thought," Liu Banxia said.
"A good portion of the interns coming from the dical school this ti should be quite promising. At the very least, my lecture there shouldn't have been for nothing. We'll screen them carefully when the ti cos."
"Got so ideas already?" Du Fancheng asked curiously.
Liu Banxia shook his head honestly. "Not yet. It's just that we need to consider it from both angles. We'll see how it goes; there's still so ti, anyway."
"Well then, good luck with that. We're actually really looking forward to it and hope there'll be so changes," Du Fancheng said with a smile.
Liu Banxia smiled. This long conversation had given him so valuable insights.
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