Chapter 2421: Guidance for Enlightenment
Yoo Minghui saw that they weren’t eating, and felt extremely anxious.
Ever since last night’s spy, her task of recruiting them had gotten a lot heavier. She came out this morning determined to start winning the hearts of these juniors.
Putting down her chopsticks, Yoo Minghui changed her strategy by actively showing concern for the juniors’ studies: "I heard from your advisor that your studies are about to enter the next stage. Have you found a direction for your doctoral thesis? Do you have a mentor you fancy?"
This question happened to be a hot topic among the students recently.
Can Senior Yoo, who specializes in internal medicine, provide suggestions to these surgical students?
"I’m very familiar with many surgical doctors, and I have a good relationship with them." Yoo Minghui spoke confidently, eager to guarantee support for the junior students.
Student Wei was the first to muster the courage to ask: "Senior, which teacher do you think would be better as a research mentor?"
"A teacher skilled in surgery isn’t necessarily good at research. Similarly, those excel in research may not be adept at surgery, it requires some questioning. There’s a problem of trying to have both the fish and bear’s paw, generally challenging to achieve both."
"In that case, how should we choose? Should we directly select a teacher who is good at research?"
"This question should first be asked to yourselves about your ideas on research." Yoo Minghui earnestly instructed the juniors, "Generally, there are two kinds of research directions. One leans more towards basic science, with more time spent in the lab. The other is closely related to clinical techniques, involving a lot of clinical case statistics and epidemiological studies. This reflects your ambitions as future doctors: Do you want to address larger human medical issues, either by identifying underlying medical patterns from current practice or by devising theoretical frameworks based on predecessors’ work, validating them with medical evidence? The thought process in both is quite different."
Having a senior outline the thinking process felt like taking a magic wand to open one’s mind. The previous hot topic was about which teacher had plenty of funding, easy to yield results, but now listening to her, choosing a mentor wasn’t so straightforward unless you treat your doctoral thesis like completing an assignment for a test. If otherwise, it should be based on personal interests and career goals, as your thesis can provide a strong foundation for your clinical research career.
According to Senior Yoo’s guidance, one must first determine which direction their research thoughts are headed, then find a teacher aligned with that. Because if a student’s and a teacher’s thought patterns don’t match or aren’t aligned, obtaining precise guidance from the teacher will be challenging — much akin to a chicken talking to a duck, how can a teacher effectively help you? It’s not a matter of whether the teacher or your skill is competent.
Clinical research especially emphasizes whether the approach is correct; else, just like surgery, if the approach is wrong, it’s impossible to find the key to solving the problem.
Regarding whether there are clinical bosses excelling in both research and surgery, there are indeed some. In this respect, Senior Yoo can provide necessary intelligence assistance to her juniors.
After listening, the students thought Senior Kang was right; Senior Yoo is a great person.
Several juniors said they’ll call her for advice anytime; Yoo Minghui pursed her lips and smiled. Seeing the juniors in good spirits picking up their chopsticks made her smile even wider.
Finished breakfast and hurried back to the hospital.
Their figures walking back to the hospital entrance together with Senior grabbed someone’s attention.