Chapter 14 The Opportunity to Use Diagnostic Medicine has Arrived_2

When passing by the class leader Yang Chan, she smiled brilliantly and gave Zhou Can a thumbs up.

Zhou Can responded with a smile and a nod.

Following the seat number, he found his spot and sat down, with the hospital-provided tablet on the table.

He directly entered his name, ID number, and the department he was applying for, and was ready to start answering questions.

At a provincial top-tier triple-A hospital like Tuya Hospital, the requirements for recruiting resident trainees are very strict. Candidates for clinical medical departments are required to take a comprehensive theory test.

That is to say, the questions presented not only include surgery topics but also Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Obstetrics, Ophthalmology, etc.

Theory has always been Zhou Can's strong suit.

During the test, his fingers flew across the tablet, swiftly solving complex medical questions.

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Although Zhou Can answered faster than most candidates, he entered too late and before he finished, the loudspeaker announced the time was up for handing in the papers.

The candidates started submitting their answers.

Zhou Can received special consideration and was allowed extra time to finish his test. He continued to concentrate on the questions.

Not long after everyone submitted their tests, Deputy Director Hu announced the results using a microphone.

"Thank you all candidates for your active participation, the examination results are now available. Whoever scored above A may stay for the interview phase. Unfortunately, candidates who scored below A are eliminated. Please leave the hall orderly and persevere onwards, Tuya Hospital welcomes you to apply again next year."

Currently, computers are used for scoring and calculating results.

Efficiency is astonishing.

Only a few minutes passed between the candidates handing in their papers and the announcement of the results.

The candidates who were eliminated left with their heads down dejectedly.

About fifteen minutes later, from nearly seven thousand candidates, only about three thousand remain.

Approximately 60% were eliminated.

This is only the first phase; the interview stage that follows is even more challenging.

"Next, we invite our panel of judges to enter."

Following Deputy Director Hu's introduction, numerous doctors and nurses entered the examination hall.

Three groups of judges in total.

Then workers carried various props needed for the interview into the hall.

"Residency candidates for the medical technology department, please come to this side."

This department mainly performs various examinations and pathological tests for patients.

Most of the devices carried in by the workers are for use by residency candidates in the medical technology department.

Quite a few candidates applied for the medical technology department, at least around 800.

During the interview, they need to read ultrasound images, CT scans, X-rays, etc., and perform operations with a Doppler ultrasound device to produce clear images.

Of course, the body part to be imaged is randomly designated by the examiners.

"Nursing candidates, please come to the front."

Mostly female candidates flocked there, among them, notably beautiful girls. Tuya Hospital recruits a significant number of nurses each year. Nursing is essentially a profession relying on youthfulness.

Many nurses, when a bit older, either return to their families or switch to other jobs, like health management consultants, etc.

Very few lucky ones might get promoted to head nurse or shift to less intense duties.

Such as managing medical orders, operating computers, distributing medications, managing supply rooms, and organizing documents.

All in all, nursing is a youth-reliant profession.

Staff turnover is very frequent.

Basically, all hospitals are similar, often recruiting nurses.

About 700 candidates applied for the nursing residency program.

Not all were girls; there were also boys.

However, the number of male candidates was very sparse.

The remaining 1500+ candidates applied for the comprehensive department residency.

This also reflects that being a doctor is still the most sought-after profession. As medical skills continually improve, the older the doctor, typically, the higher their income and status.

The profession of a doctor is growth-oriented and promises a sweeping future.

The competition for the comprehensive residency is the fiercest, far exceeding nursing and medical technology.

Over 1500 candidates are eagerly preparing for the challenge.

"Good morning to all candidates, we will now begin the first part of the interview, clinical diagnosis. I will act as a patient and present a series of symptoms, and you will develop a diagnostic plan on the tablet. Remember, you must not carelessly propose a diagnostic plan; over-prescribing or under-prescribing tests will both result in point deductions."

A wave of tension spread among the candidates.

No one expected the first interview question to involve real-life diagnosis.

Those in their thirties and older, societal candidates, had it a bit easier, many having already worked as doctors in county or city-level hospitals for several years or even over a decade, possessing substantial clinical diagnostic experience.

For interns, it was somewhat fatal.

Their experience in clinical diagnosis was still very minimal, not to mention they had never consulted alone. Most of their experience was purely academic.

Now being asked to diagnose a real person, naturally, some were panicked.

"I suddenly felt chest pain and couldn't breathe, feeling that my condition was quite serious, so I hurried to the hospital's emergency room. You are the duty doctor who will see me; what tests will you conduct? Please list the tests in order on the tablet. Note that if the order of the tests is incorrect, the score will be halved."

After a doctor sees a patient, there is a strict procedure for what tests to carry out.

First, definitely a physical examination, such as palpation, inspection, etc.

The following tests, like unraveling layers of thread.

For instance, after a complete blood count, if there's still a need to check an ECG, when ordering tests, the complete blood count should be ordered first, then the ECG.