This doctor is already middle-aged, and he's only just started practicing medicine.

Chapter 21: Technology Leads the Way!
"Teacher Chen, there are no special patients today, so you can go and rest. Peng Kun and I can handle it together during rounds. Several of them were patients you saw just the day before yesterday..." In the general ward of the emergency department, Lu Cheng said to Chen Song with a very considerate smile.

"Hmm..." Chen Song put his hands behind his back, carefully looked at the patient list, and after finding only one more patient who had undergone an appendectomy, he turned around and walked away with a swaying gait.

Before turning around, Chen Song gave Peng Kun a special look, his gaze lingering on him for a while.

Peng Kun was tall and thin, with a rather handsome appearance. After Chen Song left, he said with a cryptic expression, "Brother Cheng, Professor Chen Song from the emergency department has quite a temper and is always very arrogant. It's really impressive that you were able to gain his favor."

Peng Kun touched the small black mole on his right chin, his thumb tip covered with short stubble, his face full of contemplation.

Peng Kun arrived without hesitation, showing no signs of being a stranger.

Lu Cheng turned and replied, "Young Master Kun, you don't need to do this mutual flattery."

"Actually, it's not good for you to learn from me, and I don't know how to teach you..."

Peng Kun nodded and blinked sharply: "I didn't initially plan to do hand surgery, but after I came back, I had my dad take in a meniscus, but the stitches went wrong during the suturing."

"I called Tianshan, but he's not coming!"

"Later, people from the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital came to clean up the mess, and Tian Shan had the medical department suspend my surgical privileges."

"Damn it... this is insane!" Peng Kun suppressed his emotions intensely.

"I never imagined that meniscus repair could have so many pitfalls. When I was at the Second Hospital, I saw Professor Li and his team doing it so easily."

Lu Cheng thought to himself, how many big and small monsters did the doctors at Xiangya No. 2 Hospital have to fight to be admitted? And to get the authority to perform surgery, be promoted to associate chief physician, or associate professor, they have to stand out from the same cohort.

Is observing surgical techniques, knowing about surgical techniques, or performing surgical procedures the same thing?
From the hospital's perspective, surgery can be skipped, but if you do have to do it, you must do it well and avoid any mishaps; otherwise, the hospital won't always take the blame for you.

If you want to go out for further studies, that's fine, but whether you can learn it, and how you can learn it, the hospital can't guarantee that.

Everyone's skills are learned on their own; they are not copied, nor can they be passed down through family tradition.

"Perhaps it was bad timing or bad luck."

After Lu Cheng finished replying, he asked again with some hesitation, "Then, Young Master Kun, do you still want to learn tendon suturing? If you want to do tendon suturing, you need to practice the basics of suturing first."

Lu Cheng did not doubt that Peng Kun had the technology and was very knowledgeable about sports medicine, but the fact remained that you did not do a good job.

As the "department head" of sports medicine at the hospital, Associate Chief Physician Tian Shan is an "expert" when it comes to technical issues, and his skills are even better than those at the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital.

Even Peng Haibo's intervention was ineffective.

When it comes to technology, if you can't do it, you can't do it; talking about it is useless.

“Of course you should learn… The basics are the basics, you can practice them slowly.” Peng Kun nodded, gave Lu Cheng a complicated look, and then forced a fawning smile:
"I hope you can give me a lot of guidance during this process, Brother Cheng."

Peng Kun's expression seemed ingratiating and polite, but in reality, it conveyed a sense of helplessness as someone living under someone else's roof.

Who is he? He is the son of Director Peng Haibo. After graduating from university, he went to the First Affiliated Hospital of Hengnan University for standardized residency training. He met Lu Cheng as soon as he returned to work, and after working for less than a few months, he immediately started his postgraduate studies through a commissioned training program.

Logically speaking, Peng Kun shouldn't be able to pursue a professional master's degree; he should be pursuing an academic master's degree.

With Peng Haibo backing him up, Peng Kun wasn't worried about not being able to publish articles or graduate. He focused solely on learning the techniques and stayed in sports medicine for a long time. Now that he has returned after completing his studies, he wants to "show his skills," but he finds that he has even messed up a relatively basic meniscus suture.

Now he wants to "change careers," but Professor Chen Song doesn't want him; he still wants to learn from "Lu Cheng."

When did an undergraduate attending physician become qualified to be a teacher?
When he was at Xiangya No. 2 Hospital, because he was good at managing interpersonal relationships, the people who taught him his skills were at least associate chief physicians. During his residency training at the First Affiliated Hospital of Hengnan University, he became very close with the department director and deputy director...

“Young Master Kun, you have undergone formal training at Xiangya No. 2 Hospital, so your learning materials must be more detailed than mine.”

"I can't really give you pointers. I learned by following the established methods; there are no other techniques..."

Moreover, Lu Cheng's tone became serious: "Also, if you, Kun Shao, don't meet the standards for tendon suturing, I won't dare let you perform the surgery. I need to make these unpleasant points clear upfront."

You, Peng Kun, have a director father who is a director father, so even Peng Haibo can't force me to let you be the chief surgeon... I have a permanent position, so at worst I won't be promoted to associate professor, what can you do to me?

Peng Kun chuckled and said, "Of course I won't perform surgery if I'm not qualified. I can't forget this basic principle. Otherwise, my teacher would come and clean house for me."

"Medicine is not a game; it's not a joke."

Playing around is fine, but who would dare to joke about a patient?

Medical disputes are already tense, and doctors' social status is only nominally high. If you cause trouble, it's very difficult to escape responsibility!

If the medical malpractice is too serious, his father might even be implicated.

Everyone's doing this on tenterhooks, okay...

“Young Master Kun, you first need to practice the basics and also learn some basic theories of hand surgery, such as tendon division. I suggest you practice the basics of suturing while also practicing the modified Kessler suturing technique…” Lu Cheng also taught Peng Kun his training ladder model free of charge.

Peng Kun nodded after listening, quite casually, without even asking Lu Cheng for photos or documents.

It seems Peng Kun has other ways to obtain learning materials, which is why he doesn't care about Lu Cheng's paltry 'materials'...

After all, in Peng Kun's opinion, Chen Song was not the best "mentor". If he had no other choice but to rely on others, what kind of person would Chen Song be who doesn't understand hand surgery? Would he dare to be a teacher of hand surgery?

The hand surgery department at Xiangya No. 2 Hospital would make him laugh to death!

However, this is Longxian People's Hospital, so let's not worry about so many rules.

Technological pinnacle is one thing, but first, master the standard techniques and routines...

Lu Cheng then took Peng Kun to make rounds. However, Peng Kun couldn't stand Lu Cheng's "dawdling." Halfway through the rounds, after only seeing three patients, he said, "Brother Cheng, you continue looking and asking questions. I'll write the medical orders first!"

“We’ll change the dressings together later. You and I will change three beds, and you can change two.” Peng Kun proactively and ‘reasonably’ assigned the miscellaneous tasks.

Peng Kun came to learn, but it's not enough to just learn without doing anything, so Peng Kun took on the additional task of changing the dressings on one bed.

Lu Cheng nodded and said, "Okay, Brother Kun, you go and write the medical orders first. I'll be back after I finish my rounds..."

After checking the rooms, Lu Cheng only managed to accumulate 0.3 skill points.

When Lu Cheng returned to the ward, he noticed that the medicine Peng Kun prescribed was similar to the one he had instructed him to give, but the type of medicine was different. Lu Cheng immediately said, "Young Master Kun, didn't I tell you to prescribe Ankangxin for bed 2?"

"Aren't they all pretty much the same?" Peng Kun said dismissively.

“Ankangxin doesn’t really inhibit platelets, while celecoxib does inhibit thromboxane. I’ll modify it myself…” Lu Cheng said.

Peng Kun looked conflicted: "Lu Cheng, is there any need to worry about this? They're just painkillers."

"I think it's necessary; it's my shift now."

Lu Cheng turned his head, his expression serious, and his tone calm: "Young Master Kun, I can do it all myself... If you want, you can go back and practice the basics of suturing first, and come back when you reach the appropriate level."

Peng Kun's expression flickered for a while before he finally took a deep breath and said helplessly, "Okay!"

The operating principle in county hospitals is solely based on results.

While Peng Kun is a master's degree holder and an expert in sports medicine, he cannot perform tendon repair surgery, so he cannot boast about it to Lu Cheng.

In the field of sports medicine, Lu Cheng would be in the same situation; if you don't understand, don't spout nonsense.

Connections can only give you more opportunities; the real core rule is still to pave the way with skills.

(End of this chapter)