Chapter 176 Competition 1

"It doesn't matter how the competition is conducted! It doesn't matter what the test is about! What's important is that as long as our hospital's average test score exceeds that of others, our hospital's ranking will move up a few places!" The dean stood in front of Su Tang and the others and vigorously mobilized everyone's enthusiasm.

The scene of medical staff from hundreds of hospitals standing in front of the hotel in a large black crowd was truly spectacular. The bus was almost submerging the front yard of the hotel.

Everyone was nervous as if they were about to go to the college entrance examination battlefield. Su Tang felt like she was a small boat in the sea of ​​Spring Festival travel, almost being overturned.

Fortunately, the organizer had divided the bus locations according to provinces and cities in advance, and posted the hospital names in black letters on red paper on the front of the buses. Therefore, everyone in the hotel did not delay for long and got on the buses to their respective hospitals one by one.

When Su Tang and his group got off the bus.

They then discovered that in addition to their hotel, there were two other hotels that also had a large number of contestants staying.

"Oh my God...how many hospitals are participating in the competition?" Someone looked at the huge crowds of people in front of him with surprise.

Someone nearby shook his head when he saw this: "I don't know how many people there are, but for today's exam, at least two-thirds of them must pass!"

There are more than 12,000 public hospitals in the country, and there are nearly 800 tertiary hospitals. For any hospital that can be selected as a tertiary hospital, it is not difficult to publish 5 papers in domestic core journals a year. With such a small amount of papers, even many ordinary public hospitals with low grades can have the opportunity to participate in the national competition. It’s just that some choose to come, and some don’t…

But all in all, this is a huge group of people, and at least thousands of public hospitals have sent people.

Su Tang was standing nearby and could even see many media outlets carrying cameras and recording the event. Su Tang also saw the official media logos and reporters holding microphones and cheering enthusiastically.

"Hey, we must do well in the exam this time... It would be really embarrassing if we can't make it into the top 100." Jiang Haichao and Su Tang had been in contact with each other in the operating room for a period of time, and with the arrival of Dr. Kent, Jiang Haichao often went to the general internal medicine department, so the relationship between the two was quite good.

"Yes, I really need to study hard." Su Tang nodded seriously. Whether it was embarrassing or not was secondary. The main thing was that she just couldn't bear to see any patient slip away from her hands!

"Hey, I say, aren't you six hospitals too unambitious? You have to squeeze into the top 70 at least to live up to the countless Shenzhen residents who trust you."

Suddenly, a man with a crew cut looked at Jiang Haichao, raised his eyebrows in a rather suggestive manner, and said jokingly with a smile: "Oh, I forgot, your Sixth Hospital ranked 87th in the country last year. It may be a bit difficult to squeeze into the top 70 this year. Unlike our First Hospital, which ranked 54th last year, this year's goal is to squeeze into the top 50."

"After all, this year our department director Chen, as well as several other department directors and deputy directors, have published a lot of international papers, more than a dozen more than last year. Among them, the Department of Gastroenterology was even selected as a national key department, hehe." The short-haired man spoke bluntly, his eyes piercing Jiang Haichao. He didn't take Su Tang, who looked younger, seriously at all.

Jiang Haichao's face darkened when he saw this, and he said in a deep voice: "Wei Kai, they say that colleagues are enemies. Although we are not in the same hospital, we are both oncology departments. But after all, we are all from Shenzhen, and we will see each other sooner or later. Even if your hospital can squeeze into the top 50 of the overall ranking this year, there is no need to come to us to show off, right?"

Last year, there were a total of five hospitals in Shenzhen that were selected as the top 100 hospitals in the country by newspapers and magazines. Although the First Hospital was not the highest ranked one, its comprehensive strength is still much stronger than that of the Sixth Hospital.

Wei Kai and Jiang Haichao are both oncologists and deputy chief physicians of the same generation. They have met several times at meetings held by the Department of Health in recent years. In addition, they have the same educational background and studied at the same top international university, so naturally they don't like each other very much.

"What? I'm not showing off. I'm just--stating the facts."

Wei Kai raised his eyebrows and smiled: "How can Dr. Jiang regard facts as showing off? This is a bit unconfident. You were not like this in school before."

After he finished speaking, he glanced at Jiang Haichao, then at Su Tang beside him, and pretended to be enlightened: "Oh, I forgot... Your hospital must be short of staff right now, otherwise you wouldn't bring a student who looks like a recent graduate to participate in the national competition."

The tides of the river and the sea were surging, but as a cultured person, he could not act rashly.

Jiang Haichao raised his eyelids and put on a fake smile: "Doctor Wei, I didn't expect that even you knew about our hospital's staff shortage."

"Oh, there's nothing we can do. Who asked Dr. Kent to come all the way from abroad to the Sixth Hospital to work with us to discuss new treatment plans for cancer patients?" Jiang Haichao said with a smile, "Oh, I forgot. Your memory was not very good when you were in school, so you probably don't remember who Dr. Kent was. He was the thoracic oncologist who was ranked 102nd on the list of famous doctors in the world last year."

Wei Kai: “……???!!!”

Su Tang: “…………”

Li Yinglin: “…………”

Good guy! She called him a good guy!

I didn't expect that this person would start arguing at the entrance of the examination room before the national hospital ranking competition even started!

The most important thing.

Su Tang glanced around at the contestants from other hospitals, and almost all of them had an eager look on their faces.

Some members of the hospital team even confronted Jiang Haichao and Wei Kai, and they almost came to a fight on the spot.

Su Tang sighed, it is said that surgeons have a bit of a bad temper, and now it seems that, if not absolutely, at least some of them seem to be like that.

However, this period of time did not last long. Soon the examination room opened and everyone was led by staff to their examination seats.

The paper test was relatively simple, but the overall number of questions was large, so the test had to be done in a timely manner. Su Tang wrote with a pen in her hand. The other medical staff did the same...

Su Tang found that these exam questions not only included questions related to internal medicine, but also many related to surgery.

"Which of the following drugs should be used to treat pulmonary tuberculosis? A, rifampicin, isoniazid... B:..."

"What is the most commonly used way to express Chilean high and low? A, deviation IQ? B, mental age..."

"Which of the following is correct in the diagnosis of acute perforation of ulcer? A: ..."

Fortunately, these questions are not particularly difficult. Su Tang feels that about 60% of these questions are closer to the difficulty of attending physicians, while the remaining 40% are at a higher level. The most difficult part of this exam is that surgeons have to write internal medicine questions, and internal medicine doctors have to write surgical questions.

Fortunately, everyone studied and memorized for three months before coming here, so except for a few people scratching their heads in the examination room, most people seemed confident.

Su Tang raised her eyebrows. Judging from the results, she estimated that the difference in scores for the first exam would not be that big.

As expected.

After the exam ended two hours later, Su Tang and his group returned to the hotel. About five hours later, around three o'clock in the afternoon, the scores for the first written test were already out.

Each hospital had 16 participants taking the exam, and the average score was taken. The candidates from the Sixth Hospital were directly ranked 93rd.

The hospital's ranking was far from what Su Tang and the others had expected. Even the dean was a little disappointed. The two doctors with the lowest test scores and the boy from the imaging department had red eyes and almost cried. The others patted them and comforted them for a while.

"Don't worry. Although we are ranked 93rd now, we are only 5.5 points away from the first place..."

"I can only say that the test questions were not difficult this time, and everyone's total scores were very close."

"Under this circumstance, I estimate that the second and third exams will be very difficult, and this will help to widen the gap between all hospitals." Su Tang took a close look at the overall ranking list. In fact, from 1st to 300th place, the difference between the two sides was only 14.5 points. Calculated based on 20% of the written test score, the total score difference was less than 3 points.

As long as the scores of the last two exams improve, the Sixth Hospital will be able to turn the tables and get to the front soon.

"As expected, this competition is called practical, and the organizers place more emphasis on the practical ability of medical personnel." The others nodded in agreement. This written test was too simple, resulting in the same test scores in many hospitals.

Su Tang and others looked at the large ranking announcement posted on the bulletin board at the entrance of the hotel, quickly adjusted their mood, and prepared to prepare for tomorrow's competition.

However, this time the First Hospital was ranked 48th. Wei Kai was so happy that he swung around in front of Jiang Haichao again. He almost made the other people in the Sixth Hospital roll their eyes at Wei Kai. Even though they were both hospitals in Shenzhen and should have been on the same page, they couldn't help themselves.

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Early the next morning, after washing up, Su Tang, Yao Wen and others stuffed water and lunch into their backpacks in advance to prevent themselves from suffering from hypoglycemia during the standardized patient assessment.

During this exam, the number of buses at the hotel entrance was significantly reduced by three quarters, but the bus with the Sixth Hospital sign was still the same one from yesterday and parked at the same location as yesterday. After two days of getting along, all the contestants from the Sixth Hospital became much closer. Everyone was whispering in the car, and some even shared some good exam tips. One of them, a deputy chief physician of the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery named Han, even smiled and talked about the interesting things that happened in his department of cardiac surgery to relieve everyone's stress.

"Don't be nervous about the exam today, just do your best... We have worked in the hospital for so many years, there is no reason for us to fail when examining a simulated patient." Doctor Han spoke slowly, he pushed up his glasses on the bridge of his nose and looked a bit like an old scholar, but the dean and others nodded, asking everyone to calm down and not be too nervous.

Sometimes exams are like this, the more nervous you are, the worse you'll do. On the contrary, if you keep a calm mind you might be able to get a top score.

A group of people were sitting in the bus for pre-match mobilization.

Su Tang turned his head to look at the scenery outside the car window, his eyebrows slightly raised.

She originally thought that the standardized patient assessment, although it was a standard patient simulated in advance, the assessment location should be in one or several hospitals...

But why did she look at this road? It seemed to be the same road that led to the university town yesterday?

Fifteen minutes later.

The buses stopped accurately in front of the university gate, which was still the familiar school gate from yesterday.

But at this moment, in addition to these hospital contestants, there were also buses packed with people at the school gate. Those buses were different from theirs. There were old people and children on the buses, and even a few men and women pushing strollers.

"This should be a standardized simulated patient...but why are there babies in it?" Yao Wen stared at the simulated patients closely without blinking.

A simulated patient, as the name suggests, is someone who can accurately simulate and express the symptoms you want. Babies can't do anything, let alone learn to simulate other symptoms. How can they be brought to the examination room? And in this winter, bringing such a young child here is not afraid of catching a cold.

"The baby can't describe it, but his parents can... Anyway, they are all simulated patients. Do you really think that the child needs you to use a stethoscope to listen to his heart and lung function?" A contestant from the Sixth Hospital leaned over to take a look and complained to Yao Wen.

Yao Wen nodded: "That's true."

The two stood aside and talked, but Su Tang's eyes were fixed on the buses carrying the simulated patients.

Su Tang carefully observed the patients' complexions and physical conditions, blinked and said, "It seems that 50 to 60 percent of the patients in this competition's mock exam are real patients."

"The simulated patients could be normal people or patients. As long as they can accurately express the symptoms of the disease, it's fine." Jiang Haichao also glanced at the simulated patients not far away and said, "I just don't know whether our next competition will be to diagnose together or to enter the room one by one to diagnose."

"So many people, I guess they are all together?"

As the contestants outside the examination room chatted in low voices and occasionally glanced at the simulated patients next to them, the second test soon began.

According to the competition requirements, only the top 150 will remain in this exam, and everyone is gearing up to give it a try in the exam room.

"All candidates, divide into groups according to hospitals and specialties! Clinical students, follow me! Nursing students, follow her over there! Anesthesia..." As the staff in front of the examination room shouted loudly with a loud speaker, Su Tang and others quickly lined up according to the instructions.

Every 5 hospitals were divided into a group and followed a staff member into the examination room.

Su Tang and others were assigned to the third floor, which was closest to the large multimedia classroom inside.

This examination room had been arranged long beforehand. The seats in the middle had been cleared, leaving only five desks that were obviously used as treatment tables. As for the back of the multimedia classroom, empty seats were arranged for non-exam takers to sit temporarily.

As time passed and it reached 8:20, more than a dozen examiners soon appeared at the door.

Some of these examiners were white-haired and wore reading glasses, while others were middle-aged and full of vigor and vitality. But no matter which one they were, Su Tang and others could clearly tell that these people must be chief physicians or professors hired by the organizer from other hospitals.

"Originally, you should be arranged in the corridor. This is in line with the examination rules and will prevent any cheating..."

"But it's been too cold in the gold market these days. We're worried that you'll freeze if you sit in the corridor, so we'll let you sit in the examination room together. But I hope you won't whisper to each other or discuss the test questions casually during the exam. If you do, you'll be deducted 1 point each time you do. Even if you find that your companions have made a wrong judgment, you can't remind them. If you do, you'll be deducted 2 points each time you do..."

A little old man with silver hair stood on the podium. He pushed up his glasses and looked at the many contestants present. He said seriously, "Also, whoever's name is called will come up to take the test. Each person has to see 10 patients, so everyone should be quick. The accuracy of the patient's disease diagnosis, treatment plan, and speed of seeing the patient are all the scoring criteria for the examiner."

"so……!"

The old man scanned the many examinees with his eagle-like eyes and announced coldly, "The exam will begin now!"

"Shenzhen Sixth People's Hospital! Jiang Haichao! Examination table No. 1!——"

"Northern Province Central Hospital! Liu Jinfeng! Examination table No. 2!——"

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As the examiners' voices fell one by one, the candidates came forward one by one and sat behind the assigned treatment tables.

The dozen or so examiners who were originally standing in the front of the classroom took out papers and pens and dispersed behind the candidates at the treatment tables.

There were three examiners standing behind each candidate, and another three examiners standing in the front row of the classroom, keeping an eye on the discipline of the other candidates in the back.

By the time everything was arranged, it was 8:30.

A group of standardized patients suddenly poured into the front door of the multimedia classroom!