Chinese medicine: When you do things to the extreme

Chapter 345 Self-recommendation... (Subscription Request)
Thursday, August 8, 26: am.

After Tan Zhongyu finished the ward rounds, he took Liu Qingshan to attend the consultation and surgery.

The surgery schedule for tomorrow has been announced and will be handed over to the attending physician to handle matters such as the preoperative surgery application form.

Ning Zhu immediately took Zhou Yanqing to the deputy senior officer’s office.

The deputy senior professional office is different from the director's office. It is the place where people with deputy senior professional titles work and rest!

"Yanqing, Duan Qilin sent you the original data at nine o'clock last night, and you sent the statistical results back at eleven-thirty in the evening?" Ning Zhu said as he pushed a bowl of noodles to Zhou Yanqing.

Today, Zhou Yanqing and Ning Zhu both arrived at the hospital late and did not have time to have breakfast before the shift change.

"Isn't that a bit disrespectful of the fruits of our brothers' labor?"

Zhou Yanqing grabbed the chopsticks and started stirring: "Brother Zhu, it's fine as long as the data analysis is done. It's not that the more time you spend, the better."

"You can trust my data analysis skills."

Zhou Yanqing responded very confidently. After he finished speaking, he took a few sips of the flat noodles in his hand and instantly felt the refreshing taste.

Some people on the Internet mistakenly reported that among Hunan Province’s noodles, Shashi is second, and other prefecture-level cities are tied for first.

Actually, it's a bit out of context.

Except for Shashi, people in other prefecture-level cities mostly eat round noodles. But after getting used to Shashi's original soup flat noodles, you will become addicted to this authentic taste.

Zhou Yanqing never cares whether the noodles are round or flat, as long as they taste good.

Through the panel, coupled with the R language and Python unlimited running graphs, Zhou Yanqing's proficiency in medical statistics is now very high.

Zhou Yanqing was very confident that if he changed his career now and went to a biopharmaceutical company to do data statistical analysis, he could definitely earn an annual salary of more than 800,000 yuan.

Compared with the amount of data previously collected in the database, the corresponding data on postoperative functions collected by the department is simply child's play.

Zhou Yanqing still felt unsatisfied and didn't think the math problems were much more difficult than those in high school.

He has already spent two hours, which is definitely enough.

"Medical Statistics (National Champion 45/50)"

No joke.

Ning Zhu's face darkened when he heard this: "Is this really the final version? Are you so good at data analysis?"

"I know a little bit, Brother Zhu. I won't take my fellow apprentices' hard work lightly. I analyze it seriously." Zhou Yanqing replied.

Ning Zhu nodded and said softly, "Director Lei has been doing multi-center, large-scale clinical statistical analysis in recent years, and he has never had a good statistical analyst around him."

"Most of the data is handed over to the company. In fact, Director Lei is not very reassured. If you really have such ability."

"You might as well recommend yourself."

“There is a real lack of talent in this area.”

Large-scale multicenter clinical trials refer to large-sample clinical trials participated by multiple medical centers. Large-scale multicenter clinical trials are commonly seen in Phase III new drug clinical trials and large-sample randomized clinical trials.

Such experiments not only consume manpower and financial resources, but also require subtype analysis when conducting the final statistical analysis. It may take more than half a year to analyze the data before relatively accurate data can be obtained.

"Director Lei pays for it, and I join in to pick peaches. Is that appropriate?" Zhou Yanqing asked.

Last year, there was some tension between him and Director Lei, and Zhou Yanqing didn't think he had the nerve to go to Lei Zhong for free food and drinks.

"You'll know when you go there. What I mean is, if you are really good at data analysis, you can really dominate the entire surgery department..." Ning Zhu said.

"Even if you don't have that level of status, Director Lei will still look up to you."

"You try it."

Ning Zhu felt that if Zhou Yanqing could really develop in this direction, he didn't need to be too aloof, and it would also help him gain more opportunities.

Zhou Yanqing is young and shameless anyway, so he just gives it a try...

After Zhou Yanqing sent a WeChat message to Lei Zhong to recommend himself, he continued to slurp noodles.

Lei Zhong did not reply for a short time. However, after Zhou Yanqing finished eating noodles and confirmed that he was no longer needed in the department and had returned to Chen Yu's house, Lei Zhong called.

"Zhou Yanqing, what a rare visitor. You still thought of sending me a message during your vacation?" Lei Zhong's tone was not particularly good, but he had indeed paid attention to Zhou Yanqing and knew that Zhou Yanqing was taking a day off.

"Director Lei, I have returned to the department to start work now."

"I heard from Brother Ning Zhu that Director Lei has been conducting multi-center clinical trials using big data, and seems to be looking for data analysts. I would like to ask if I can be of any help," Zhou Yanqing replied.

"Okay then. Come to my lab at 3 pm. What software do you want to download?"

"I can't send you the data in my laboratory, nor can I let you copy it." Lei Zhong didn't refuse.

"Director Lei, Python and R language will be enough." Zhou Yanqing replied quickly.

"Then see you at three o'clock in the afternoon." Lei Zhong didn't say anything nonsense, nor did he get angry because Zhou Yanqing didn't listen to his calls and arrangements before.

Chen Yu didn't need to attend a general meeting today, but he needed to hold a small meeting for the grade group, starting at 2 pm, and Zhou Yanqing happened to have time.

Chen Yu is currently reviewing a book. Zhou Yanqing can cook, so after hanging up the phone, she prepared three dishes, one meat and two vegetable dishes.

It’s actually very simple and not time-consuming.

After Chen Yu finished eating, he went back to the study to continue reading, while Zhou Yanqing was responsible for washing dishes, wiping the table, etc.

Zhou Yanqing didn't feel these things were tiring, instead he felt very relaxed.

There are no emergency tasks to be busy with, no need to be on call at all times, and no invitations to consultation surgeries or various academic conferences.

The period after I was promoted from chief resident to attending physician was the most relaxing and enjoyable.

Of course, Zhou Yanqing took advantage of this time to think from the other person's perspective.

Now Chen Yu was just studying in the study room, and he felt a little lonely without Chen Yu by his side. During his hospitalization, he would stay in the hospital for a long time, and Chen Yu could only run to the hospital to deliver meals and find time to spend together.

It wasn't just one or two days, or one or two months, but a full eight months, and Chen Yu never said he was bored.

During this period, Chen Yu also went home alone for the New Year, and she even went to her hometown...

Maybe Chen Yu is not the most perfect "TV personality", a high-end white, rich and beautiful woman, or a good "match" who is thrifty and manages the household well.

But Chen Yu is a very real girl who really stands in front of Zhou Yanqing. She considers the reality and has her own ideals and ideas. She is delicate but not arrogant.

He pursues quality of life but is not vain. He is a very down-to-earth person.

"I have to go to a meeting. Let's go out for dinner again in the afternoon." Chen Yu started packing to go out at 1:30 in the afternoon.

Zhou Yanqing is reading literature and statistical reports from other multi-center big data articles, and then thinking about how to present these tables through statistical software, or present them better.

"I have to go to Director Lei's laboratory this afternoon. I don't know when I can be back. I will send you a message later." Zhou Yanqing put down the computer and walked out of the study.

After Chen Yu gave Zhou Yanqing a clingy hug, he nodded and went out.

When Zhou Yanqing has a task, Chen Yu knows what he has to do and will not feel bored. When Chen Yu has something to do, Zhou Yanqing can also arrange his life very full.

……

At 2:30 in the afternoon, Zhou Yanqing went out with his USB flash drive.

It contains some documents that I have just read and downloaded, which are intended for preparing proofs for Director Lei Zhong.

Perhaps Director Lei Zhong’s research group also has a lot of article templates, but Zhou Yanqing has to prepare them himself.

Since he recommended himself, Zhou Yanqing naturally arrived a little earlier.

Lei Zhong did not tell anyone else about this, so Zhou Yanqing's classmates and other people in Lei Zhong's experimental group were quite surprised to see Zhou Yanqing coming.

Of course, Zhou Yanqing was already a physician in our hospital, and one of the most outstanding orthopedic doctoral students, so when he said he came to see Lei Zhong, no one doubted or neglected him.

Zhou Yanqing was directly led into the reception area of ​​the laboratory and served tea.

"Brother Zhou, Master said he would come at three o'clock, so he will definitely come. But we don't know when Master will come, so you may have to wait a while." The third-year master's student, who studied under Professor Lei Zhong, replied politely.

"It's okay, you guys go and do your work, I'll just wait." Zhou Yanqing said.

"Okay, brother. If you need anything else, just call us." Wenquan was also quite polite.

Wenquan is his name, and as the name suggests, he is gentle and polite in dealing with people, neither humble nor arrogant.

Lei Zhong was nearly twenty minutes late, but he did not apologize for it.

Lei Zhong is a clinical professor and also the director, and he has an operation to perform.

It is impossible to estimate the time of surgery so accurately.

It was estimated that the subsequent surgeries were not very important, so Lei Zhong delegated the surgical authority.

Lei Zhong quietly led Zhou Yanqing into the director's office in the laboratory and said in a cheerful voice, "Yanqing, I'm very surprised that you can send me a message."

"But I did ask Ning Zhu if he could do statistical analysis of complex data, and currently, part of our laboratory's statistical tasks are also in collaboration with the statistics professor of the School of Basic Medical Sciences, and part of them have gone to the company."

"Of course, if Yanqing, you are really good at it and are willing to take the time to help, I would definitely prefer to trust our own family."

When cooperating with outsiders or companies, there may be big pitfalls!

But Lei Zhong had no choice.

Every profession has its own specialization. Medical statistics is a discipline under medicine. It involves very profound aspects and it is difficult for ordinary people to master it.

Even professors of statistics may not be able to understand it all, let alone clinical doctors?
Even doctors who are good at scientific research are only beginners in medical statistics and have only a basic understanding of it.

When writing articles, relatively superficial statistical methods are applied, such as T-test and linear regression, and other methods are not applicable.

Lei Zhong skillfully turned on the computer, then opened a file, and then opened a sample package.

"Yanqing, there are 500 pieces of data here, including the grouping, classification, gender, age, and individual difference factors of the data."

"You can try to perform data analysis on them. Here are some mature data analysis templates. If you can get results according to these templates within half a month..."

As Lei Zhong spoke, he opened the data template again.

The template is a table downloaded from other people's documents, not a simple screenshot.

"Okay, Director Lei, I'll try." Zhou Yanqing nodded when he heard that.

After carefully looking at it for a while, Lei Zhong said, "Take a look first. You can't take these data with you. I'll go out and explain it later. In the next half month, when will you..."

"Director Lei, can you come back for a re-examination in two hours?" Zhou Yanqing interrupted Lei Zhong.

"Cough cough cough!~" Lei Zhong felt a little uncomfortable because of being choked by saliva.

Even though he was well-informed and had met many geniuses, his face was still very uncomfortable and soon turned purple.

Generally speaking, various technologies and methods are first proposed by the scientific research community, then go to university laboratories, and finally to external companies or administrative execution departments, sinking step by step, and each step of sinking is a step of five or even ten years...

Some of the so-called "engineers" in biological companies may have technical levels that are only five or ten years old, so when they are working on data analysis, they still have to find samples and methods themselves, or find some programmers to cooperate with them.

Although programmers are proficient in software, they are not proficient in medical statistical methods. If they want to study medical statistics specifically, they will not learn it well enough.

If they study medical epidemiology, they may have to learn some basic medical knowledge. It would be better not to spend time on this difficult subject.

"Yanqing, don't brag to me, and don't say it will take two hours. Just take a picture and show it to me when the time comes."

"I definitely won't be back in two hours because I have a dinner party at home." Lei Zhong said.

Lei Zhong is not a young man anymore and he doesn't just need to do his job well. Now his children are grown up and are about to start a family. The elderly, relatives, and interpersonal relationships at home all need to be managed and maintained.

"Okay, Director Lei, I'll send it to you later." Zhou Yanqing said.

This was the first time that Zhou Yanqing had demonstrated his medical statistics skills in front of outsiders, so he did not objectively understand other people's data statistical analysis capabilities.

However, in the end, Zhou Yanqing took a little less time than expected to present the chart. It only took him one hour and twenty minutes to get the finished table.

After a careful check, I didn’t find any problems, and the analyzed data was entered into the Excel spreadsheet.

In order to show differentiation, Zhou Yanqing deliberately truncated the valid figures to three decimal places, one more than the sample.

Zhou Yanqing did not obediently take the photo for Lei Zhong, but chose to log into the email through his computer and send it to Lei Zhong via email.

And replied on WeChat: "Director Lei, I sent the form to your email. I just logged into the website and didn't open anything else."

"I didn't copy anything out using the USB drive." Zhou Yanqing explained carefully.

Zhou Yanqing himself is a researcher and knows that the data in the computer are the team's wealth and cannot be leaked.

Even though Lei Zhong trusted his character, Zhou Yanqing still explained.

(End of this chapter)