Practicing Medical Skills in a Small Clinic

Director Zhang explicitly stated that as long as Li Jingsheng was willing, he could call on him to participate in various surgeries in the future.

As long as there’s an opportunity for practice, he will be taken care of.

Back at the clinic, he once again plunged into his intense workload without mentioning it.

Unfortunately, the two new students he had taken in still didn’t have the ability to share his burdens, otherwise, he would definitely be much more relaxed.

A little after 5:40, close to the end of the day, he unexpectedly received a call from Vice Dean Jin.

"Xiaoli, you haven’t gotten off work yet, have you?"

"There are still seven patients waiting; it looks like I’m going to be busy for another hour or so. If you have any instructions, feel free to let me know."

Li Jingsheng was setting the bones for a patient, and the actual manual realignment took very little time.

Most of the time, he could finish one in just one to two minutes.

However, before the treatment, he needed to conduct a consultation, communicate with the patient, feel the bones, review the images, and then devise the optimal treatment plan.

After realignment, most still required external fixation.

After finishing, he also had to prescribe medication and explain some precautions and the next follow-up time to the patient.

No one could help him share many of these tasks for the time being.

If much of the communication work was handed over to Li Li, she would certainly only be able to deliver template-like instructions to the patients; that would definitely be detrimental to the patients.

Some patients might need to come for a follow-up after three days, while others, if they aren’t experiencing any abnormal issues, can wait a month or two for their next check-up.

Moreover, medications, precautions, rehabilitation exercises, etc., aren’t things Li Li can explain clearly to patients right now.

Originally, these communication tasks, after multiple rounds of learning, would definitely be manageable.

But her daily workload was also quite busy, so it’s truly impossible to expect her to be perfect in a short period of time.

Dr. Chen also wasn’t someone who was particularly ambitious.

Otherwise, he could certainly help Li Jingsheng alleviate some worries.

Now it all depended on the growth of Ye Hui and Yang Luqing.

Then Director Hua promised to help Li Jingsheng by selecting another batch of young medical students. When a good seedling was encountered, Li Jingsheng’s work pressure would be greatly reduced.

"Don’t make it so serious! If you’re free tonight, I’d like to invite you for a simple meal after work."

Vice Dean Jin actively invited him, a junior attending physician, to dinner?

Li Jingsheng wasn’t a three-year-old. Upon hearing this, he knew the other party surely had a favor to ask.

"I appreciate your kind offer! Recently, my clinic launched an online medication sales service, and with the packaging and shipping, manpower is seriously lacking. How about next time I treat you to dinner?"

Li Jingsheng politely declined.

Actually, he didn’t particularly enjoy attending banquets.

He would rather eat a fifteen-yuan fast meal or the eleven or twelve-yuan cafeteria work meal.

Because accepting a dinner meant soft lips and short hands.

Once you’ve eaten a big meal from someone, there are bound to be some favors to return.

"Is that so? Well, let’s catch up next time then. After you finish work, come by my office; I have good news for you."

Since the dinner invitation failed, Vice Dean Jin directly called Li Jingsheng to his office.

"Alright! I’ll come by to see you in about an hour."

Li Jingsheng had no way to refuse.

Power at one rank higher crushes people.

Being summoned by the Vice Dean was something many would wish for.

No matter the size of the good news, it could completely suffice over the phone, yet Vice Dean Jin wanted him to discuss it in person.

This was clearly an instance of ulterior motives unrelated to the main intention.

After finishing work, Li Jingsheng was told by Ou Qinglan that she had already bought him food at the hospital cafeteria, packed it and left it in the doctor’s office for him to collect after work.

She was unfortunately having to work overtime again today.

Recently, the orthopedics department was getting busier and busier.

But that’s a good thing too.

The better the orthopedics department developed, the more opportunities for her.

He chose to go to Vice Dean Jin’s office first.

Located over at the administration building.

Before long, he was standing outside Vice Dean Jin’s office, hearing faint conversation from inside; it seemed like there was more than one person.

After knocking and entering, he saw Vice Dean Jin and a young man of about twenty-seven or twenty-eight.

The two were conversing intimately, the young man sitting across from Vice Dean Jin also appeared very at ease and natural.

It seemed their relationship was quite special.

"Oh, Xiaoli is here! Let me introduce you; this is Jin Yanyu, my nephew."

Vice Dean Jin rose to greet him and specifically introduced the young man to Li Jingsheng.

"Hello!"

The young man initiated a handshake, greeting Li Jingsheng.

The attitude seemed modest, but it was hard to hide the inherent arrogance.

Just like how in the domestic medical community, no one who’s interacted with doctors from a certain top-tier hospital in Beijing denies that those doctors have a heavy sense of pride. However, they indeed excel, each being an elite in the medical field.

A bit of arrogance is only natural.

"Hello, hello!"

Li Jingsheng was indeed more mature than this young man; putting aside other concerns, just for Vice Dean Jin’s sake, he would sufficiently maintain outward manners.

He already knew what was going on.

Last time, Vice Dean Jin wanted his nephew to follow Doctor Xu to learn bone-setting techniques, but Doctor Xu declined.

Now, upon seeing Li Jingsheng actively taking on apprentices, he thought an opportunity had arisen.

Thus, he seized this chance to bring his nephew to the hospital and invited Li Jingsheng to the office for a meeting.

"We’re all on familiar terms, sit, sit!"

Vice Dean Jin retrieved a small purple clay cup and poured tea for Li Jingsheng.

On entering, Li Jingsheng noticed Vice Dean Jin and his nephew seated at the tea table, facing each other.

There’s a saying that goes "Nephews aren’t treated like guest friends."