The road to the rise of great doctors

Chapter 134 The Taste of Failure

Fast forward to the weekend, and the much-anticipated interview is about to begin.

Liu Dong arrived at the scene half an hour early, wearing a suit and tie. Everyone at the scene was in formal attire.

He roughly counted the number of people, and as expected, less than 20 people signed up for the interview.

It is normal. After all, although the number of places is not confirmed, the number of places has been said to be only single digits. Now more than half of the "accompanying runners", even more than 1:3, is also normal.

He is still somewhat confident about basic knowledge and professional skills.His grades in school have always been good, and his overall scores in the early stages were among the best.However, what he said when he went to find his tutor and the situations he discussed privately with his classmates made his heart beat.

No matter what, since you have chosen, do your best and never give up, which is also a kind of romance - the romance of youth.

Starting at 08:30 in the morning, counselors, department heads, and directors of several hospitals' internal and external gynecology and pediatrics departments all arrived.

"It officially starts at nine o'clock!" the counselor told them. "Names will be called at that time, and everyone should prepare their own materials."

Liu Dong took a deep breath and let it out slowly, calming down his heart.He didn't look around, but reviewed the contents of his slides, and went through them silently, thinking about his own strengths and weaknesses, the topics he planned to carry out, and so on.

It was quiet all around, no one was talking to each other.In fact, since the interview information was announced, several people who had made up their minds to sign up, even if they had a relatively good relationship before, have fallen apart and stopped talking to each other.

Keeping distance is just a choice of not knowing how to deal with relationships.

Liu Dong also heard Cai Mingming say that, what's more, he has already begun to collect "black materials". Although it has not been exposed this time, there have been precedents in the past. After all, it is now the "post-student era."

"Li Xiaosan," at nine o'clock, the interview team started. This was the first candidate to be interviewed. It seemed that he came according to his student number.

"Here." Li Xiaosan responded and walked in.He is in Class [-], his academic performance is above average, his overall ranking is not high, and he is a person who wants to compete for the top spot.As soon as the internship started, I found a graduate tutor. In my free time, I started following clinics and going into the laboratory. He is a very active person.

Moreover, I heard that "in order to differentiate the competition", he did not choose a tutor in the Affiliated Hospital of the Medical College, but in the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, a major internal medicine department of the Second Affiliated Hospital, and signed up the director of the department as a tutor.He is also a very thoughtful student.

As he entered, Liu Dong and others began to pay attention to his time inside and the movements in the interview room.

As soon as the 10 minutes were up, Li Xiaosan walked out with a calm expression and no results.But a trace of anxiety in the corner of his eyes also made the attentive person understand that he had no bottom line.

He didn't stay outside, but left.In his words, after the interview, the examiner's conclusion was, "You can leave, you don't have to wait, just go back and wait for notification."

They entered and left one by one. At about ten o'clock, it was Liu Dong's turn for the interview.

After he entered, he introduced himself in English for 3 minutes and then began to answer questions.

"What are your future plans?"

"The first paragraph on this piece of paper is in English. Can you translate it orally? Then verbally translate the second paragraph from Chinese into English." "If you are admitted as a doctoral candidate, how do you plan to carry out the project? In which field? of?"

"Can you introduce your foundation and achievements in scientific research?"

About 10 minutes passed quickly.

Liu Dong was not completely unprepared for the questions he asked.He was thinking about this type of issue when he heard that scientific research was a big consideration.

Regarding scientific research achievements, he highlighted that he has accepted two articles after starting clinical practice. “Although it seems a bit immature, by preparing these articles, writing and submitting them, I have made further progress on these clinical issues. Thoughts. This is a relatively simple attempt. The future research fields are also mentioned in the submitted materials. I want to focus on the field of urinary system tumors. I have communicated with the instructor Li Jing. The instructor’s opinion is to gradually participate in Basic and clinical research.”

Finally, the examiner concluded, "Liu Dong is very good. He is very familiar with basic knowledge and skills. He also has a certain foundation in scientific research. Of course, it is far from enough for doctoral students, but after all, he has not reached the stage of doctoral students." . We will comprehensively evaluate the situation of all candidates. You go back first and wait for notification."

Liu Dong walked out. He recalled the interview process and found that the core of the interview was "scientific research." Whether it was English speaking and translation, literature interpretation, or scientific research foundation, etc., they all reflected this issue.

This made him murmur in his mind, "I wonder how other people's interviews went?"

But what has happened is not something that can be accomplished in a day.As a doctor with a steady mind, he adjusted his state and secretly made up his mind that he still needs to continue to invest time in this aspect. After all, "scientific research" is so important from school to hospital, it is really related to his future development.

Scientific research, from the problems discovered in clinical practice, through the exploration of basic research and clinical research, will in turn see whether the problem can be solved.On the one hand, it is helpful to solve clinical confusion; on the other hand, this is the trend of the times, and it is also a problem that cannot be ignored for career development. It is a speed-limiting step on the road to career advancement!

At 5 pm on Sunday, a message quietly emerged in the grade group, and then sparked a heated discussion.

In the end, three people "made their way out of the siege", and the candidates for "direct PhD" were announced on the official website of the medical school.

Among them, there is no Liu Dong!
When Cai Mingming called, Liu Dong was a little confused.Although he had thought about this matter, when it came to the matter, he still couldn't face it calmly.

His thoughts seemed to be stuck on the scene when he was signing with instructor Li Jing, and the scene where the examiner made the statement during the interview. He looked slightly confused. It was not until Cai Mingming spoke on the other end of the phone that he gradually came back to his senses.

Yes, when everyone is chasing this spot, the outcome will depend on the standards set by the school for selecting people.For those who participate, it is both a challenge and an opportunity.Whoever meets the criteria set by the school will ultimately win a spot.Once you are not the most suitable candidate for those criteria, what can you do even if you perform well in other aspects?The result can be imagined.

The only problem is that in this selection process, clinical skills are obviously also a consideration, and my ranking before the interview is either first or second!
Although it was said before that "it's up to people to plan things, and it's up to God to make things happen", if you try your best and fail, you will have no regrets, but when the end comes, the troubles still occupy Liu Dong's heart, and regret, loss and pain are lingering.

"A doctor without a strong desire to win can't reach the highest point," Liu Dong comforted himself silently.He realized that he was still lacking in his previous preparations.Regarding scientific research, the understanding is still limited to the undergraduate period. Even if I have written two articles, it does seem too "immature" to those graduate tutors who often supervise students to do research in the laboratory.

Although this is the norm for students at their level.But for those students who have started to prepare early, and for those who have already entered the laboratory to participate in scientific research projects, they are "left behind".

On this point, my mentor's performance is particularly obvious, and his efforts in scientific research are not inferior to his efforts in clinical practice.

Liu Dong didn't want to talk, but after this incident, his shortcomings were deeply imprinted in his heart, forcing himself to work hard to improve.

(End of this chapter)