Chinese medicine: When you do things to the extreme

Chapter 116: Rebellion and Softness

Scientific research is similar to surgical operations, and it also requires a solid foundation.

The only difference between scientific research foundation and clinical foundation is that clinical foundation emphasizes systematic knowledge, while scientific research foundation emphasizes your personal understanding and breadth of knowledge.

The difficulty of surgical operation lies in the operation.

In the field of scientific research, operations are not the focus. In addition to being able to use thinking to design experiments, it is more important to make good use of the data generated by the experiments and to process and statistically analyze the data through scientific methods.

The essence of data processing and statistical analysis is actually the process of using sample data to infer general rules.

This process is neither difficult nor easy. You need to do it in depth and experience it carefully several times before you can reach a certain threshold and become proficient in it.

The types of articles include monographs, systematic reviews, meta-analyses, case reports, letters, etc.

Among them, most of the articles are designed experiments, which require the authors to actively design the experiments and collect data to deduce the results. They have the highest gold content.

Systematic reviews and meta-analyses use other people's data to re-analyze and compile statistics on larger sample data. They are equivalent to pure data processing articles. They do not have their own independent "thinking" and are just rehashing leftovers, so their value is relatively low.

The remaining case reports and letters (letters to the editor) are clever little articles that only exercise your writing skills. They basically do not even require data processing. They have the lowest value and are basically not worthy of being presented on the table.

Of course, there are exceptions to valuable case reports, but such exceptions are very, very rare!
……

Bioinformatics analysis and database analysis are actually similar variations of meta-analysis, which are mainly based on secondary statistical utilization of non-original data.

Although the value of the article after publication will not be very high, the amount of data it processes is very large. If you can write such an article yourself, you will be able to master most of the data processing.

This is a training in data processing.

This is also the type of article that many newly enrolled masters prefer to publish.

It's just for practice, why do we need to pay such high quality?
Duan Qilin replied: "Ninety percent of the data has been collected. I was planning to give it to you after I had collected all of it, but I have something else to do these two days."

"Yanqing, if you don't have time, I'll let someone else do it. It doesn't matter."

Duan Qilin knew that Zhou Yanqing was only doing scientific research recently, so he had some free time.

"It's okay, Brother Duan, I should be free." Zhou Yanqing replied quickly.

Duan Qilin has found the direction and sorted out all the data, leaving only a small amount. If I can't take over under such circumstances, my foundation will be too poor.

Even if he wanted to learn, Zhou Yanqing still wanted to go.

"Thank you for your hard work. I also need to write a bid to apply for some scientific research funds in the near future, so the progress of basic experiments will not be too fast."

"Let's split it up so that we don't conflict with each other in the next step. I'll choose mRNA..."

After seeing Duan Qilin once again agree with him on the next fork in the scientific research path, Zhou Yanqing ended his chat with Duan Qilin.

After flipping through the chat history and reading it carefully, Zhou Yanqing put his phone down.

"It's accumulated in the daily bits and pieces, and the same is true for improvement. You can't achieve everything in one go in clinical practice and scientific research. Even if you want to be a unilateral upstart, it's hard to move forward on one foot."

Zhou Yanqing murmured something, opened his notebook, and carefully recorded his thoughts for the day again. Then he opened the video software and started watching the drama.

Work and rest.

In fact, since coming to Xiangya Hospital, Zhou Yanqing has maintained a certain amount of "entertainment" time, ensuring that he can relax for a few hours at least three days a week.

Watch live broadcasts, listen to music, or catch up on TV series, read novels, etc.

It was ten o'clock and the alarm clock rang to remind him to go to work, but Zhou Yanqing was still not so self-disciplined. He continued to watch the remaining thirteen minutes of the episode before starting to write the book in an orderly manner.

If you want to apply for a small project of your own, you need to write a bid.

There is an established format and certain principles for writing this kind of scientific research proposal. The most important principle is to describe one's previous accumulation.

What I have done is just what I am lacking, and these things can be solved as long as I have money.

In other words, as long as you give me research funding, I can produce research results, complete the project in the form of a research paper, promote personal progress, and to a certain extent deepen the understanding of tumor physiology and biochemistry.

But I dare not write anything about directly curing tumors, that is pure nonsense...

It was half past twelve in the early morning when Zhou Yanqing finished writing the column on technical route planning.

Writing a proposal is more difficult than writing a thesis, because writing a thesis has results and it only moves in a certain direction.

When writing a paper proposal, there is only one potential direction. You need to find enough scientific research articles to support your "hypothesis" and, through your own preliminary research, confirm the feasibility of your hypothesized pathway to the project reviewer.

Will all of this have any substantial effect on actual cancer treatment?
Definitely not.

But the beginning of any tumor targeted drug is this way.

If you say you can find targeted drugs without any experience in pathway research, it is pure hooliganism.

A fulfilling and busy day has come to an end.

Zhou Yanqing turned off the computer directly, marked the tasks that he had completed and the unfinished tasks for the day on his notebook, made sure the alarm for tomorrow morning was on, and then went to take a shower and go to bed.

……

Two days later.

In the operating room.

Zhou Yanqing thought about it carefully and said, "Brother Zhu, I may not be able to perform the tendon suture on you today. The injury to this tendon is a bit complicated. It should have been crushed after the finger was severed."

"Yanqing! Then do we all have no chance to start..." Yu Yue and Tian Chao were disinfecting the towel, while Zhou Yanqing had just confirmed the surgical plan with Ning Zhu. When they were about to go out to wash their hands, Yu Yue asked with regret on his face.

When Zhou Yanqing was about to answer, the pressure-sensitive door of the operating room was "stepped open".

Everyone turned around and saw Professor Tan Zhongyu walking in from outside wearing a scrubs.

"Master."

"Master..." Ning Zhu and others called out to them one by one.

Professor Tan Zhongyu was arrogant and didn't say anything. After entering the room, he took a look at the wound on the operating table, stepped sideways to Ning Zhu's side, and gently kicked Ning Zhu's ankle with his crooked foot: "You are getting more and more courageous now."

"No one calls for help for injuries caused by crushing."

"If I hadn't put the eyeliner in the emergency department, were you going to do it yourself or what?"

When Zhou Yanqing felt Tan Zhongyu's gaze directed towards him, his eyes tightened instantly.

Zhou Yanqing quickly called out, "Master."

Ning Zhugan swallowed his saliva and stood at attention to explain: "Master, didn't you say that it would be no problem for Yan Qing to lead the team to complete the replantation of the severed finger?"

Zhou Yanqing is very capable, but he is only a doctor and a resident physician after all. Among the four people, Ning Zhu has the longest title and qualifications.

Ning Zhu could only bite the bullet and explain. "That was a sharp weapon injury, and this is a crush injury. You don't know what it is. Even the debridement of a crush injury like this by you and Yan Qing alone can't cure it."

After saying this, Tan Zhongyu glanced at the operating table again, and then pushed the two of them out to wash their hands.

As Ning Zhu was leaving, his eyes flickered as he asked, "Master, can Yan Qing and I finish this wound cleaning?"

Ning Zhu was very confident in his ability. Zhou Yanqing's debridement skills also caught up later, and were currently on par with his level. Ning Zhu thought he could beat him.

While washing his hands, Tan Zhongyu tilted his head and said, "You'll know what it means to be difficult later."

"That means you and the patient's family have completed the conversation and signed it. Otherwise, my suggestion is limb stump repair."

"With a broken finger and some crushing injuries, it would be difficult for me to handle it."

"Even if you survive the first stage, the chances of infection and recurrence are very high. You haven't experienced devastating beatings, right?" Tan Zhongyu was a little angry, but at the same time, he was a little bit arrogant.

Ning Zhu asked: "Master, can you handle the damage?"

Zhou Yanqing immediately saw the scene where Tan Zhongyu started to kick Ning Zhu continuously, and he started kicking him without saying a word.

The answer is already obvious.

Similar to the answer Ning Zhu gave him once, Yanqing, why don’t you go to Union Medical College for eight-year studies?

The three of them were silent, and then touched the operating table.

As soon as Tan Zhongyu arrived, Tian Chao lost the chance to go on stage and stood on tiptoe obediently in the audience.

On the operating table, Tan Zhongyu, Zhou Yanqing and others began to treat the damaged distal end of the limb.

After Tan Zhongyu peeled off the skin layer, he tilted the scalpel towards Ning Zhu and asked, "Do you want to try it?"

Zhou Yanqing tilted his head and saw Ning Zhu shaking his head, and the sound of fear attacked Zhou Yanqing's eardrums: "Master, how could this be? This crush injury doesn't look obvious on the outside."

"Of course it's not obvious. The crushing injury after the finger is severed has lost blood supply and return, and there will not be the signs of flesh and subcutaneous hematoma that would occur after a crushing injury to normal tissue."

"But once you open the skin layer, the condition of the soft tissue inside will make your scalp numb."

After Tan Zhongyu finished speaking, he looked at Zhou Yanqing and said, "Yanqing, do you want to try it?"

Tan Zhongyu had explained it so clearly, Zhou Yanqing was too lazy to be the "big enemy", so he shook his head and declined politely: "Master, since you have explained it all, I will not come."

Zhou Yanqing is not an expert in debridement, so he has to admit defeat.

It's like comparing the professionalism of electrocardiogram reading with that of a cardiologist. Isn't that like looking for shit in the toilet with a lantern?
"..."

Similar to Zhou Yanqing before, Tan Zhongyu directly took over the entire operation. After the debridement, he personally performed the tendon suture and nerve suture, leaving only the opportunity for Zhou Yanqing to suture two blood vessels.

While watching Zhou Yanqing operate, he said, "Yanqing, this patient's blood vessels were not crushed too much. Otherwise, you might have to frown while operating."

"In the future, if you encounter a similar situation, you must be extremely cautious and tell the patient directly that you cannot receive the treatment."

"Don't touch the crushed finger when you replant it!"

Everyone could only nod.

After Zhou Yanqing sutured the blood vessels, he punctured the distal fingertip and found a slight drop of blood oozing out.

The bright red blood is dazzling but heartwarming, and it makes everyone feel better.

When replanting a severed finger, we are not afraid of bleeding, but we are afraid of not bleeding.

"That's almost it. You guys take care of the rest." After Professor Tan Zhongyu finished looking at it, he began to back away and undress.

Tian Chao very sensibly walked forward a few steps and began to help unbutton the collar.

After Professor Tan Zhongyu took off his gloves and sterile surgical gown, he tilted his head and asked, "Yanqing, is that Li Gong your senior brother?"

Zhou Yanqing did not rush to grab the remaining skin for sutures. For him, it was just a number of sutures, but for Yu Yue's suture skills, it was the best training material.

He looked up, watched the Master's expression, and nodded: "Yes, Master, what's wrong?"

"Oh, nothing, I just asked casually."

"I feel that this young man is quite good. It seems that your previous mentor's ability to educate people is indeed excellent." Tan Zhongyu explained with a smile, narrowing his eyes.

Zhou Yanqing finally felt relieved. He was worried that his senior brother had caused trouble in the department.

In fact, Zhou Yanqing had no choice but to deal with it as it should be. Zhou Yanqing had little influence, so what could he do?
Thinking of this, Zhou Yanqing turned his head and looked at Ning Zhu: "Brother Zhu, can I step down first? I have something to ask Master."

Ning Zhu is also Zhou Yanqing's senior brother, but at present, Ning Zhu only calls Tan Zhongyu teacher in private.

In front of outsiders, both of them use very formal workplace titles.

Tan Zhongyu's name is Ning Zhu, and Ning Zhu is called Tan Zhongyu Director Tan or Teacher Tan.

For a long time Zhou Yanqing thought that the two had nothing to do with each other, but later he found out that Ning Zhu had only graduated for two years and had already been working as a resident physician for a year and a half.

"Go ahead." Ning Zhu nodded.

Zhou Yanqing also slowly stepped back. When Tian Chao came up to help Zhou Yanqing take off his clothes, he heard that Zhou Yanqing was looking for Tan Zhongyu, so he didn't leave in a hurry.

Zhou Yanqing quickly took off his clothes and gloves, and walked quickly with Tan Zhongyu.

Tan Zhongyu tilted his head and said, "Yanqing, what do you want to talk to me about?"

"Master, I want to apply for school-level projects, city-level projects, and provincial-level projects."

"You are the instructor for the school-level projects, so I don't need to put my name on it. But for the municipal and provincial projects, would you agree to let me put my name on the bid?" Zhou Yanqing explained patiently.

Professor Tan Zhongyu is very well-known in the province. If you don’t use such a big tree, you must be sick!

Tan Zhongyu exclaimed “Ah!”

"You're applying for so many projects at the same time this year? Aren't you afraid?"

When Tan Zhongyu said this, he suddenly realized, "You can do this because you really have confidence in yourselves."

The first thing Tan Zhongyu said was "you guys". It was obvious that he understood the support behind Zhou Yanqing and recognized this support.

"Master, you should try new things when you are young. Otherwise, if you don't want to listen to the arrangements of the research team and can't come up with anything on your own, aren't you just a fool?"

"Wouldn't it be great if I could join the research group earlier?" Zhou Yanqing's voice was clear and a little bit arrogant.

Tan Zhongyu nodded, then touched the back of Zhou Yanqing's head: "Yes, he has both rebelliousness and soft bones."

(End of this chapter)