Chapter 34 - Start of Internship (1/2)

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“I’m reporting to the hospital tomorrow morning for my internship.” Su Chen smiled and said, “I won’t be able to hold your hand anymore.”

Shang Xitong asked gently, “Are you sure you’re not afraid that I’ll leave in anger?”

“No, I’m not afraid!” said Su Chen as he chuckled.

In the city that was baked under the hot sun, there was a cool breeze. They walked on the streets while holding hands and looking at the pedestrians.

“Do you want me to tell you a secret?” said Su Chen with a smile.

“What’s wrong?” Shang Xitong looked at him.

“I’ve been ostracized by most of my classmates since elementary school.” He was playing with the school belle’s hand.

“Because of what?” Shang Xitong was taken aback.

“Because I had an argument with a student in my class. This student was the son of the director.” He smiled and said, “He said, ‘Whoever plays with me in the future will become his enemy.'”

“What happened next?” Shang Xitong was a little curious about what happened when he was a child, so she ignored his actions.

“No one talked to me all semester, let alone play with me.”

The two of them saw the bus stop by the side of the road and Su Chen brought Shang Xitong to the stone bench. “There were even many friends who were very good friends with me who gradually distanced themselves from me.”

“This is too pitiful.” Shang Xitong’s heart started to ache.

“But it’s not a big deal. I don’t value such people. It’s just a waste of my time to be friends with them.”

Su Chen curled his lips and looked at the clear sky. “If people are too weak, life will be boring!”

Outside the People’s Hospital.

Su Chen nodded and encouraged himself as he stared at the hospital in front of him.

An upperclassman who had become a doctor said, if you start working at the hospital, you should spend more time with your own department’s doctors and learn how to administer medicine to patients. At first, you will doubt yourself because you see a lot of patients talking about diseases that are different from what you learn from books.

It was not because the book was wrong, nor was it because of the patient. It was because the information in the book was insufficient to support the treatment.

In the process of patient treatment, one should carefully summarize medical experience, which was the most precious clinical experience of doctors.

When ordinary students worked in the hospital, they basically did not receive any internship pay. It was already good enough if they could maintain their living standards, but they might not be able to continue.

It was not until the end of the internship and the approval of the leaders of the relevant hospitals that one’s career as a doctor would begin.

And only after one returned to school and completed one’s final year of study could one qualify for a physician’s exam.

Next, if one was lucky enough or had connections, one could find a hospital willing to hire you.

One would need to start another round of internship. One would no longer be an intern, but a real medical intern.

The career path that one would have to face next would also be a bumpy and long road to advancement.

It was only the first step for interns to become medical interns. It was also the first step. They would also be hired as chief surgeons, resident doctors, chief surgeons, associate chief physicians, chief physicians…

It was a long and difficult path. Treating patients was part of daily work, but there were also shifts and medical documentation.

Some wards might not accept patients during their break time, and they did not need to be on duty for consultation. However, when they returned from their break, it would definitely be the time to see a large number of patients.