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Ling Ran did not rush to see how Zuo Cidian was dealing with the patient who had the Colles' fracture.

The process of learning was a long one. The hard work of the teacher alone could not make students gain knowledge. If investment in education was that simple, human history would have long been completely rewritten by aristocratic rule and even imperial rule.

The study of medicine, especially the study of surgical medicine, was obviously harder and filled with more bumps.

Zuo Cidian wanted to upgrade his skills in Colles' fracture from Novice Level to Specialist Level.

Forget about his own learning abilities for a moment. In a hospital such as Yun Hua Hospital, which had an accumulation of elites in a province, it would take a lot of effort for a doctor to reach Specialist Level. There were more doctors in Beijing hospitals who had specialized skills, but even those doctors were all already above the level of resident doctors.

It was not easy for any resident doctor to master a specialized skill, especially in the current hospital structure. The resident doctors may not get any opportunities to perform surgeries independently, and because of it, they can forget about reaching Specialist Level.

Those who could reach Novice Level should already thank their lucky stars.

Zuo Cidian currently had a balance between good and bad learning conditions. On one hand, he had more opportunities for surgeries, and Ling Ran was also at ease enough to give him the opportunity to perform surgeries independently, and he would also provide careful guidance. On the other hand, Zuo Cidian's foundation was quite bad.

In terms of time and experience, Zuo Cidian's experience in surgeries was not higher than that of a resident doctor who was of the same seniority level. In this case, when he mentioned a resident doctor who was at the same seniority level, he meant the period of time where they entered Yun Hua Hospital.

During his twenty years in the town hospital, the things Zuo Cidian learned could not play a role in simple operations. At the same time, Zuo Cidian's theoretical knowledge was outdated, and he had also forgotten most of it. This was acceptable most of the time. However, it was disadvantageous at the end of the day, and at some point, he would have to spend a lot of time on things that others took less time to complete.

For example, Zuo Cidian had not only forgotten the same anatomical knowledge and principles that others remembered, but whatever he remembered was also outdated knowledge from twenty years ago. In fact, ordinary surgeries did not require much anatomical knowledge. Many hospital surgeons learned anatomy while performing surgeries rather than understand anatomy beforehand, as was what was thought by ordinary people.

Doctors can still perform surgeries without a proper understanding of anatomy. If they performed the surgery step by step, the results will still be pretty good in certain cases. However, if they wanted to reach Specialist Level, the doctors needed to perform high-quality surgeries independently, and they would also need to produce high-quality surgeries for a long time. It was not possible for them to do so if they did not get a clear grasp of the anatomical structure within their surgery scope.

Therefore, Zuo Cidian not only needed to do revision, but he also had to do a lot more revision compared with normal resident doctors.

It was a long process to advance from Novice Level to Specialist Level.

Ling Ran also selected an appropriate medical case from the selection of cases that he had.

It was the patient recommended by Zhang Anmin: a fifty-eight-year-old individual with hepatolithiasis and clonorchiasis.

After he found out about Ling Ran's decision, Zhang Anmin rushed to the operating area's waiting room and said, ”I guessed that you would be interested in this case. The patient's name is Lei Baihan. He has fatty liver, cirrhosis, and clonorchiasis. He's also diagnosed with hepatolithiasis. In terms of liver diseases, his condition should be more comprehensive…”

”Is this patient from the Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery?” Ling Ran had previously referred to the medical cases.

Zhang Anmin laughed a couple of times. ”All you need is just one word.”

What he meant was that Ling Ran could get the patient if he just asked for him. After all, by relying on the power from Huo Congjun and the Emergency Medical Center alone, Ling Ran could take people from the Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery. Besides, Ling Ran was now an authoritative figure in hepatectomy. Even if He Yuanzheng was given a dose of courage to refuse Ling Ran's request, he will just get rid of that dose of courage.

Ling Ran shook his head and said, ”We should follow normal procedures.”

After that, Ling Ran called Huo Congjun.

Zhang Anmin subconsciously hunched his shoulders. He was truly worried about the doctors in his department. He hoped that Department Director He would not lose his mind and start to scold the junior doctors.

*Swoosh*

Weird noises were heard from the corner of the operating area.

Zhang Anmin looked toward the direction and saw Doctor Zhou, who pretended to be exhausted to take a rest. In just an instant, he burst into laughter.

Doctor Zhou looked embarrassed, waved his hand, and said, ”Sorry, I slept too much yesterday.”