Chinese medicine: When you do things to the extreme

Chapter 118 This rhythm is so refreshing

"Graduation?"

"Graduated what? PhD?"

"Brother Qing is publishing an article right now?" Xiang Hongming, a hand surgeon, spoke with a limp.

I just completed the registration procedures in the gymnasium of Xiangya Medical College yesterday afternoon. Today I picked up my textbooks and tidied up my dormitory. Tomorrow is the first day of theoretical classes for my fourth year doctoral degree.

A doctoral career is just the real beginning. Shouldn’t the word “graduation” refer to the master’s degree that we just talked about three months ago?
When Zhou Yanqing saw Huang Yiming move his stool sideways to be parallel to his sitting position, he said, "I submitted an article during the summer vacation and it happened to be accepted."

“It squeezed into a small journal in District 2.”

If Zhou Yanqing is a professional doctor according to the standards for doctoral graduation, he has achieved the requirements for scientific research results to be produced during his doctoral period and graduated successfully.

The school only cares whether you have such results or not, and will not care about your process. Whether you publish what you have accumulated during your master's degree or do a postdoctoral study and create data again, it is up to you.

There are certain paper requirements for both master's and doctoral studies.

The bottom line for a master's degree is CSCD, also known as the Chinese core journal. A professional master's degree can meet the graduation requirements for the master's degree by publishing articles in such journals.

Of course, some people think that it is useless for a professional master's degree in medicine to publish articles. The main point is to learn technology so that you can start working early and save lives.

This idea is not wrong, but every university will not speak directly to its students in this way, because the original intention of the school is to see that some students can master certain basic skills in scientific research.

The upper limit that can be reached in the future will be higher than if you did not do scientific research.

Xiang Hongming raised his beer glass, and after a few twitches of his mouth, he said, "Brother Qing, congratulations. Come on, this is the person we should learn from, this is a top student in college."

After seeing Xiang Hongming's expression and hearing his sincere tone, Zhou Yanqing raised his glass and said, "Let's celebrate together. I'm not a top university student, but we can learn from each other in the future..."

Zhou Yanqing is not hypocritical either.

"Brother Qing, are you really not going to compete for class monitor?" Xiang Hongming asked, putting down his wine glass.

Zhou Yanqing shook his head: "I don't have so much time, so I won't waste resources..."

……

After returning to the dormitory, Huang Yiming brought good news. He found Zhou Yanqing's "assigned roommate" and the other party agreed to his request to change dormitories.

Huang Yiming was very proactive in helping the other person move things, and after helping him pack his luggage, he slowly pushed his own luggage in.

Said: "Brothers, I am here. There are only three of us in our dormitory."

"The other two are both PhD students in general surgery and gastrointestinal surgery. They were classmates in undergraduate studies but separated during their master's studies. We originally planned to live together."

"But another brother's girlfriend came to Shashi and planned to stay for a long time. So he won't live in the dormitory anymore."

"Hey, where's Lin Hua?"

Zhou Yanqing was wearing headphones, listening to Huang Yiming's complaints. He looked at his muscular body and slicked-back hair, and the corners of his mouth twitched: "Are you sure you were not talking about Lin Hua, but another brother?"

"That's definitely not the case. That brother is a gastrointestinal surgeon."

"Could it be, Brother Hua?" Huang Yiming immediately felt unhappy.

Lin Hua also left, and the only one left in the dormitory was Zhou Yanqing, who was so rich that his only remaining asset was his articles. Moreover, Zhou Yanqing's professional skills were extremely strong, and he had to undertake certain clinical tasks even during theoretical classes.

Sometimes I may have to go back to the hospital to do things.

Huang Yiming was as "poor" as him, but at least Lin Hua was so poor that he only had a partner left——

Zhou Yanqing patted Huang Yiming on the shoulder and said, "It's okay, brother. You have reserved this dormitory for most of the time."

Zhou Yanqing's WeChat notification sounded, and he saw that the person who sent the message was Brother Ning Zhu: "I have to cross the river..."

Zhou Yanqing went out with his computer and backpack, leaving Huang Yiming staring at his luggage in a daze.

In the dormitory next door, at least there were roommates to talk to. I forced another brother who had booked the whole place to move in with the crowd.

This is a mess.

……

"Finally, we have encountered another case of severed finger replantation? This kind of directional and high-difficulty surgery is actually quite difficult to complete, and it will take several months!" Zhou Yanqing murmured softly as he got into the taxi.

One thirty in the morning.

[Daily tasks, complete 15 cases of standard quality finger replantation (15/15). Daily tasks completed, finger replantation experience +2, tendon suture experience +1, nerve suture experience +1, vascular suture experience +1, flap suture experience +1]

【手外科专科基础操作：皮瓣缝合术（专家0/15）、肌腱缝合术（专家3/15）、神经缝合术（专家0/15）、血管缝合术（专家2/15）……】

The basic specialized operations of skin flap suturing and nerve suturing have finally reached the expert level. At the same time, the replantation of severed fingers has also soared to the expert level.

It’s not that Zhou Yanqing was lazy, but from June to September, Xiangya Hospital encountered only 14 cases of severed finger replantation, and today's case was exactly the fifteenth.

Ning Zhu looked at Zhou Yanqing in a daze, walked up to him and patted his shoulder: "What do you want to eat?"

"Brother Zhu, let's go eat hotpot?" Zhou Yanqing suggested after coming back to his senses.

"Maocai is Maocai, and hotpot is also open at this time. Do you think I can leave?"

"Let's go, there's maocai downstairs. It's my treat." Ning Zhu led the team forward.

Zhou Yanqing quickly followed and asked, "Brother Zhu, the emergency cases of severed fingers that we encounter in our hospital are still not common, right?"

"Well, there are not many factories nearby. People in the west of the river go to the Third Affiliated Hospital, and people in the south may go to the Second Hospital nearby."

"In fact, many tertiary hospitals can perform mature procedures such as finger replantation, but not many are referred here."

"More referral cases are those with poor functional restoration after replantation of severed fingers, and they will go to our hospital's outpatient clinic for repair."

"What about a severed palm?" Zhou Yanqing's next task was to replant the severed palm.

If Zhou Yanqing remembered correctly, there were even fewer cases of broken palms.

If completing the task of replanting a severed finger had not increased the surgical skills of an entire series of limb replantation, Zhou Yanqing would have been too lazy to complete it on his own initiative and would have just waited for fate to give in.

"A broken palm. There are even fewer cases of broken palm. If you want to find a person with a broken palm, it will be easier to find one in Tan City. There are many betel nut factories there, and you can find a few patients with broken palms if you are not careful." Ning Zhu said.

Ning Zhu asked again: "Why are you asking about this? Are you interested in broken palms? If you are really interested, you can ask the teacher to find some cases for you to play with."

Zhou Yanqing shook his head: "Forget it, I can't chew too much. I'd better focus on scientific research now."

He was able to attend large classes, and the teacher allocated more than 200,000 yuan in research funds. There was also a basic laboratory in Xiangya Medical College. With the help of his teacher, Zhou Yanqing applied for the "right to borrow" a laboratory.

Under such circumstances, if Zhou Yanqing did not concentrate on the project for a period of time, he would be wasting the funds.

There is plenty of opportunity to learn clinical skills, and Zhou Yanqing is already on the way to learning, so he is not in a hurry at all.

"That's right!" Ning Zhu smiled and led Zhou Yanqing to the direction of midnight snack.

The next day, Zhou Yanqing woke up at 10 a.m. The first thing he saw was messages from Huang Yiming and Lin Hua saying, "Yanqing, you're done. The English teacher called the roll and you didn't show up! Your regular marks will be deducted."

Zhou Yanqing stretched his body while feeling the air conditioning and asked, "How many points do you usually get in total?"

"40."

"That's okay, the maximum deduction this time is five points!" Zhou Yanqing replied with a smile, not taking it too seriously.

Brother, you have already obtained a doctorate, a doctorate in medicine. If the freshman year of college is counted as the first year, then you graduated with a master's degree and now are in the first year of your doctorate, you have already studied until the third year of junior high school. Are you still afraid of skipping classes?

Just highlight the key points and it will be almost done when the exam comes.

After getting up and washing up quickly, Zhou Yanqing looked at his schedule again. He couldn't catch up with his morning classes, so he simply skipped the whole morning.

Of course, skipping classes is one thing, but you still need to manage your time well.

Zhou Yanqing directly contacted the supplier of medical testing equipment that the research team had been cooperating with and asked her to deliver the equipment to the 1204 Basic Laboratory of Xiangya Medical College tomorrow.

Zhou Yanqing had to report to the laboratory in the afternoon and complete the entrance assessment, so Zhou Yanqing skipped the afternoon's "political class" and psychology class.

During the doctoral period, the courses offered included English, politics, psychology, medical statistics, medical epidemiology, etc.

In the evening, Zhou Yanqing looked at his mobile phone and found that Ning Zhu had not called him, so he ran directly to the library and started using the Internet to write his paper.

Xiangya Medical College has a library. When the school just started, the location was relatively spacious and the internal campus network speed was quite good.

On Friday, September 12, Zhou Yanqing went to class and met his English teacher for the first time. The English teacher also looked at Zhou Yanqing for a long time.

However, after the English class, Zhou Yanqing skipped class again.

On Monday, September 15th, Zhou Yanqing skipped his English class again.

The same thing happened on September 19th.

September 22nd.

Lin Hua called Zhou Yanqing before class and said, "Brother Qing, where are you? Come quickly. If you don't come, the English teacher will get mad and might even drop your English course."

"That's not necessary, is it?"

Zhou Yanqing said, "It's okay. I've asked. I don't need to attend classes to retake. I plan to take two exams directly, one at the end of the semester, and retake as many times as I want."

"What if it's this English teacher again?"

"Then I'll come back to class in my third year of doctoral studies. Brother Hua, I'm tired. I'm still digesting the adherent cells. They will melt in a while."

On September 1th, the English teacher once again walked into the Surgery Class , a small doctoral class for orthopedics and hepatobiliary surgery.

The question was not asked in English, but directly changed to spoken language: "Can anyone tell me where Zhou Yanqing went?"

"Laboratory." Lin Hua could only help answer.

"Student Zhou Yanqing has such high academic attainments. Tell him that if he can't publish two SCI papers in a semester, you can ask him not to come for the exam. If he does, I will directly deduct 30 points from his regular grades and give him a high attendance rate of %." The English teacher was also very angry.

As expected, being a teacher for doctoral students is much more difficult than being a teacher for undergraduate students. This is also her first time to be a lecturer for doctoral students.

……

On the evening of September 22, Zhou Yanqing smiled happily after learning the news.

Because his second paper was about to be published, he thought he would just enjoy it on his own, but he didn't expect such a pleasant surprise.

September 26th was another Friday, and Zhou Yanqing once again appeared in the classroom with a reply to his email indicating that his article had been “received”.

After seeing Zhou Yanqing, the English teacher said arrogantly: "Student Zhou Yanqing, aren't you not coming to English class?"

"Teacher, it's not that I won't come, it's just that some of the tasks assigned by the instructor have not been completed yet."

"Well, I heard on Monday that you, the teacher, had a request for me, so I came right over to report back to you."

"This is the magazine response to two articles..." Zhou Yanqing took the printed A4 paper, handed in the printed email content, and then sat down obediently, obviously intending to listen to the last class of this pretty beautiful teacher.

Everyone else looked at Zhou Yanqing, and the entire classroom fell into silence.

I didn't expect Zhou Yanqing to be so aggressive. It has only been four days since the teacher said that.

There are English classes only on Mondays and Fridays.

Zhou Yanqing directly took on the teacher's "dilemma". The received dates were all in September, so they would definitely be published this semester.

The speed of sci is generally very fast.

After reading it, the teacher was helpless.

As a teacher, you have to keep your promises and fulfill them even if you grit your teeth.

After collecting the copies of the two papers, the lecture officially began.

The English courses for doctoral students are different from those during undergraduate studies.

There are no new words or texts. It's all about academic papers and academic exchanges. What I'm going to talk about today is probably the interaction with the editor.

Among them, sample documents shared include direct rejection, rework, overhaul, and acceptance.

It's really a coincidence.

It was just such a coincidence that made Zhou Yanqing the focus of the crowd...

After the English class was over, the English teacher left the classroom without saying anything. He did not mention that Zhou Yanqing did not have to come in the future, nor did he mention that Zhou Yanqing had to come.

The students are all PhDs, so it’s hard to manage them.

You can't even fail him just because he didn't come to class. When it comes to medical English, how can she compare with Zhou Yanqing and others?

The English major is indeed very good, but everyone has their own specialties.

Finally, on the last day of September, Zhou Yanqing saw the list of approved applications for city-level projects in Shashi on the Internet.

The reason why Zhou Yanqing worked so hard was that he took advantage of the fact that most of his first-year doctoral students were unaware that they could apply for municipal-level projects, so he quickly jumped in and got the money in advance.

By the time they are in their second year of doctoral studies and finally realize what is happening, the competitive pressure will be enormous.

Although Zhou Yanqing is not afraid of competition, the sooner he gets the money, the sooner he will have more resources. These resources can be transformed into his own foundation, and the foundation can be used to obtain more project funds, forming a positive feedback.

This rhythm is so refreshing.

The next step is school-level projects and provincial-level projects!
At 3:02 a.m. on September 30, Zhou Yanqing walked out of the laboratory alone. To return to the dormitory, he had to knock on the dormitory manager's door.

The laboratory will be closed tomorrow, so Zhou Yanqing simply returns to the rental house next to the hospital and takes a taxi...

(End of this chapter)