Siheyuan: The prosperous era starting from being a doctor

Chapter 467 Medical Education Pilot Program and Your Brother is Actually Him
When Wang Mengde first came into contact with medicine more than 20 years ago.

His talent was average at the time, and his aptitude was not outstanding. He followed his father step by step to learn the basic knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine.

When she got a little older, she began to follow Wang Hao around, learning how to diagnose and treat patients, and how to prescribe and dispense medicine.

Looking back now, although the original owner was very interested in medicine under the influence of her father, it was still very difficult for her to learn.

There is simply too much basic knowledge to cover, plus the need to understand and delve deeply into various diseases.

Most traditional Chinese medicine doctors face this dilemma: they want to be general practitioners as much as possible.

This results in the fact that, apart from a few highly talented individuals who can excel in certain areas while maintaining a broad knowledge base, only a few individuals can achieve significant breakthroughs in specific fields.

The vast majority of the remaining people are just mediocre traditional Chinese medicine doctors who can cure ordinary ailments.

Even if Wang Mengde hadn't traveled through time, he would have become one of them.

He was busy all day in a small hospital, constantly treating patients.

If you're lucky, you might become a deputy director before you turn forty. If you're unlucky, you might not even be able to become a deputy director by the time you retire.

Western medicine, on the other hand, has long since changed its methods of training talent.

They also teach some basic medical knowledge, but things change when it comes to going further.

Each student will be able to choose a subject to study based on their individual wishes and talents.

This way, you can have more energy and time to specialize in one subject.

You achieve better results when you are focused.

At the same time, the advantage of specializing in one specialty is that each doctor will see more cases, and these cases are more specific, making it easier and faster to learn.

If this continues, the number of top talents and key personnel in traditional Chinese medicine will fall into a disadvantageous position.

Wang Mengde simply expressed his concerns.

In the conference room.

All the leaders, including Dean Lu, were deep in thought.

After a while, Vice Dean Chen spoke up: "In fact, some of our TCM colleges also teach a single subject, and so far we haven't seen any difference."

After the liberation of China, a large number of traditional Chinese medicine colleges were established in every province and city.

Most universities teach all subjects, while a small number specialize in teaching only one subject.

However, this model is still relatively rare and has only started in recent years; many students haven't even graduated yet.

"Old Chen, that's because it's been too short a time. To see the difference, it will probably take another three to five years."

Vice Dean Shi began to answer.

He had been somewhat aware of this problem before, but hadn't paid much attention to it.

After all, in China today, thanks to Wang Mengde, traditional Chinese medicine is still the mainstream, while Western medicine is developing rapidly and cannot be caught up in a short period of time.

But now, upon hearing Wang Mengde's account, he felt a sense of urgency.

"That's really a problem."

Dean Lu thought for a moment and then spoke up:
"Actually, in hospitals, especially in cities, we do differentiate between departments, and each person basically only works in their own department."

However, in schools, students are required to learn all of these things. While this may broaden students' horizons, in the long run, the disadvantages outweigh the advantages.

This wastes valuable study time and hinders students' development.

"Of course, in vast rural areas, due to their special circumstances and the scarcity of doctors, the local area needs general practitioners, which is a different story."

However, in urban areas, the future trend will still require specialized talent.

"I will report this issue to my superiors and see if we need to make adjustments in a timely manner."

Even if all adjustments cannot be made at once, conducting appropriate pilot programs is still necessary.

Dean Lu also agreed with the idea of ​​training specialized talents. Having served at the Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine for nearly twenty years, he deeply understood what kind of talents hospitals needed.

Apart from geniuses like Wang Mengde, other geniuses still need some focus.

This is beneficial for growth.

Doctors and physicians, especially in urban areas, excel in certain aspects, better than all of them, but are mediocre in every aspect.

It was noon on a weekend.

Wang Mengde finally got a break, so he put down his work, took a palm-leaf fan, and strolled over to Sha Zhu's house to play Go with him.

The two were evenly matched, and for a moment they focused all their energy on the chessboard.

Just as the two were locked in a fierce battle, Wang Yuanchao walked in from outside.

After calling out "Brother Shazhu," he tugged at Wang Mengde's sleeve.

"Is something wrong?"

Seeing his younger brother's hesitant expression, he found it amusing and then asked.

"Brother, can you lend me five yuan? I need the money for something. I'll pay you back when I get my salary next month."

Wang Yuanchao said with a somewhat embarrassed expression.

He is currently in his internship period at his company, and his monthly salary is only a dozen yuan.

Logically speaking, since he eats and lives at home, he shouldn't have to worry about the daily expenses. In these three or four months, he should have been able to save a lot of money.

But for some reason, every month after receiving her salary, Ran Xiaomei would make her two youngest sons hand over their wages, keeping only five yuan for herself.

They said it was to save up money for their future marriages.

Wang Yuanchao and Wang Weiguo both ate lunch at their workplace cafeteria. For these young men, five yuan was just enough to get by.

Fortunately, their family's meals were good, with plenty of oil and fat; otherwise, with the appetites of two people, five yuan might not have been enough to fill them up.

"What, you've run out of your secret stash of money?"

Wang Mengde asked with a smile as he played chess.

He remembered that a few months ago, when his two younger brothers had just started working, he secretly gave each of them thirty yuan.

This money is enough for them to live on for several months.

"Hehe, brother, the money was all spent last week. I asked Weiguo to lend me some, but he wouldn't lend it to me."

Wang Yuanchao scratched his head and said.

He's spending a lot of money these days; he goes out every weekend and doesn't come back until very late.

On weekdays, she gets home later than others, and sometimes she doesn't even eat at home.

Ran Xiaomei wasn't surprised by this situation; her two younger sons often played outside when they weren't in the army.

She was already used to it.

Wang Mengde noticed something was amiss, but he didn't say anything and decided to wait and see.

"Alright, I'll give you another fifty yuan, plus some grain coupons and meat coupons."

As Wang Mengde spoke, he pretended to take out a handful of loose change, a few grain coupons worth two ounces each, and meat coupons worth two jin each from his pocket.

After handing it to his younger brother, seeing Wang Yuanchao turn to leave, he added another instruction:
"By the way, the chocolates and candies are in the closet in Mom's room, and the key is in the pocket of a red shirt in the middle of the wardrobe."

Don't take too much at once, lest you get caught.

Because her grandson ate too much sugar, his teeth became black and rotten, so Ran Xiaomei strictly controlled the amount of sugar her children ate.

All the sweets in the house, such as chocolates and candies, were locked up, and the key was kept in a place known only to them; even the Wang brothers, Yuanchao and Wang Yuanchao, were unaware of it.

Wang Mengde knew what his younger brother was doing, which is why he told the other party.

"Hehe, thanks bro, I'm off now."

Knowing that his brother had already guessed, Wang Yuanchao, being rather thick-skinned, waved his hand without batting an eye and hurried home.

I'll bring some candy and chocolate over later; Zhao Yali will definitely be very happy.

After he left, Sha Zhu said with a smile, "Mengde, Yuanchao went out to play with his girlfriend, didn't he?"

He was all too familiar with the look on Wang Yuanchao's face just now.

When I was dating Yu Li, I always had that expression on my face before leaving the house every day.

"Yes, they must be dating."

But he didn't tell his family, so I'm just guessing.

Wang Mengde responded with a comment, then focused his attention back on the chessboard.

He hadn't been paying attention in the last round and Sha Zhu had won. He had to win this round back.

The northern part of Wangfujing Street.

Wang Yuanchao stopped his bicycle and waved vigorously at the two beautiful figures not far away.

Zhao Yali and Feng Panpan were whispering to each other when they looked up and saw him. They smiled and came over to him.

"Comrade Wang Yuanchao, please store your bicycle first, and let's take a stroll around Wangfujing together."

"Let's get this straight, you can't spend any more money today. I have to cover everything, or I'll get angry."

Looking at the tall, handsome boy in front of her, Zhao Yali smiled slightly and said, pretending to be serious.

A couple of days ago, the three of us went shopping together, and the other person paid for everything.

Although their family wasn't wealthy, they were taught from a young age not to take advantage of others.

and so.

When they made plans to go shopping in Wangfujing this week, she had already decided that she couldn't spend Wang Yuanchao's money again today.

"Yes, Yali and I will split the expenses today. Comrade Wang Yuanchao, you can just relax and accompany us shopping."

Beside her, Feng Panpan hurriedly chimed in.

Her values ​​are similar to Zhao Yali's; she doesn't like taking advantage of others.

She wouldn't have come along as a third wheel if her good friend hadn't insisted.

However, since Wang Yuanchao and Zhao Yali only had mutual feelings for each other and hadn't made their feelings clear, she had no choice but to follow along to avoid gossip.

"Alright, then I'll let you spend the money today."

Seeing how serious the two were, Wang Yuanchao didn't insist.

Anyway, there's still a long road ahead.

Besides, the current trend is to promote gender equality, and women can hold up half the sky.

Therefore, it is only right that we take turns spending money.

After spending three cents to store their bicycles, the three of them walked along Wangfujing Street.

If I come across a shop that interests me, I'll go in and take a look.

Soon, the two girls were holding several small items in their hands.

For example, hair ties, rubber bands, etc.

Wang Yuanchao also held a red bean popsicle in his hand, eating it as he walked.

Until noon.

Zhao Yali wiped the sweat from her forehead and then suggested:
"Let's go eat first, then we can go to the department store and take a look around. After that, we can watch a movie in the afternoon and then go back."

As she spoke, her beautiful eyes subconsciously glanced at Wang Yuanchao, wanting to see his expression.

"No problem, let's find a convenient restaurant to eat at first."

Wang Yuanchao also felt hungry, so he agreed.

The three of them found a regular, convenient restaurant and sat down at a table.

The waiter approached them reluctantly, holding a pen and paper, and said listlessly:

"What to eat?"

Compared to the service attitude and level of later generations, it was worlds apart.

In other words, they were all state-owned restaurants; otherwise, with this attitude, they would have gone out of business long ago.

However, this is precisely why so many large collectives often operate at a loss, to the point that they can't even pay wages.

Looking at the blackboard on the wall with several dishes written on it, Zhao Yali hesitated for a moment, then gritted her teeth and ordered a stir-fried pork dish.

She brought three ounces of meat coupons with her on this trip, so that she could order a meat dish when she entertained guests.

These three or four meat coupons account for about a third of his monthly ration.

It was a difficult decision to bring it along.

Feng Panpan ordered a stir-fried shredded potato dish.

When it was Wang Yuanchao's turn, he glanced at the blackboard and saw that it listed braised pork. Remembering the two jin of meat coupons his brother had given him, he spoke up:
"Another braised pork, and eight steamed buns made from two kinds of flour."

After saying that, Zhao Yali looked a little nervous; she didn't have that many sex tickets in her pocket.

But it was agreed from the beginning that she would treat us, so it would be embarrassing to say it now.

Before she could even prepare how to begin, Wang Yuanchao pulled several meat and grain coupons from his pocket, and said with a smile:

"Comrade Zhao Yali, I have no objection to you treating us today, but I'm craving meat, so I'll have to pay for the meat and grain coupons."

Without saying a word, he counted out the meat coupons (one jin and three liang) and several grain coupons and handed them to the waiter.

At this moment, Zhao Yali subconsciously handed over the money.

It didn't take long.

When the food was brought over from the window, all three of them felt the atmosphere was a bit strange, and they all kept quiet and focused on eating.

Wang Yuanchao mostly ate shredded potatoes, and occasionally a couple of bites of stir-fried pork.

However, Zhao Yali and Feng Panpan couldn't resist the temptation and finished the whole plate of braised pork.

Even the oil and grease at the bottom of the plate had gotten on the steamed buns.

In this day and age, no one will laugh at you.

If you don't eat it all, you'll be scolded for wasting food.

After leaving the restaurant, I wandered around Wangfujing Department Store absentmindedly, and then forced myself to watch a movie.

Just as they were about to part, Zhao Yali was about to ask a question.

Wang Yuanchao took out several handfuls of chocolates and candies from his satchel.

"These are all imported chocolates and candies. You two can share them."

"Comrade Wang Yuanchao, you actually have such good things! Tell me quickly, what does your family do?"

Feng Panpan feigned surprise as she spoke.

During the meal, she noticed that her best friend seemed a little absent-minded, realizing that she had doubts but didn't know how to bring them up.

So I took this opportunity to ask for my good friend.

“Our family situation is a bit special. You may have heard of my brother.”

His name is Wang Mengde, and he's a doctor at a hospital with exceptional medical skills.

Wang Yuanchao explained.

He knew he would have to tell the other person sooner or later, and there was nothing he wanted to hide anyway.

"what?
"Your brother is actually him!"

(End of this chapter)