Chapter 155: Chapter 145: Choosing a Graduate Advisor
After Director Huo laid out his grand vision for the future, the meeting shifted to a discussion of the specific details.
"Next, once Dr. Wu Ting’s team secures the Youth Fund grant, our Laparoscopic Diagnosis and Treatment Technology Research Center will enter its second phase of development."
"Concurrently with this second phase, the research center will also apply for designation as a Provincial Key Discipline in Laparoscopic Diagnosis and Treatment Technology."
"Therefore, we will need to expand and optimize our team, building upon our current foundation."
"The arrangements I’m about to announce will affect the future and career development of everyone in this room."
"First, I want to congratulate our department’s senior attending physician, Qin Donglai, who has always been a diligent and dedicated presence on the clinical front lines. Dr. Qin’s contributions to the first phase of the research center’s development have been immense, and he even co-authored a paper in a core journal with Wu Ting and Director Huang Hong."
"He is also a key member of the research center’s Youth Fund project. According to the hospital’s promotion criteria for an associate director position, Dr. Qin has met all the requirements. Therefore, let’s congratulate Director Qin in advance!"
The selection for associate director was a formal process, but now that Qin Donglai met all the conditions and had the director’s endorsement, it was merely a formality.
Qin Donglai hadn’t expected this at all. ’I was ready to work as an attending physician until retirement.’ He never imagined this old tree would blossom, giving his career a second spring!
Once he became an Associate Chief Physician, it would be easier for Qin Donglai to manage the expanded team and command their respect.
Qin Donglai understood the good intentions behind Director Huo’s plan.
Of course, everyone present was genuinely happy about Qin Donglai becoming an Associate Chief Physician and offered their heartfelt congratulations.
Everyone broke into applause to congratulate Qin Donglai.
"From now on, we’ll all have to call you Director Qin!"
The conference room filled with laughter and cheerful chatter.
After discussing Qin Donglai’s promotion to associate director, Huo Yun turned to Yasui and Luo Ming.
"Luo Ming, Yasui, considering your seniority and hard work recently, I hope you will both successfully pass the attending physician examination. Once you become attending physicians, I will have new roles and arrangements for you."
Huo Yun’s words at the meeting were a deliberate message to everyone. While the emergency department would leverage the research center’s growth to recruit high-level talent and junior doctors, the original team would remain the foundation.
Essentially, once the newcomers arrived, the existing staff could all expect promotions, whether in title, salary, or role!
Yasui and Luo Ming immediately nodded, both now resolved to prepare diligently for the attending physician exam.
After shoring up the morale of his core team, Huo Yun turned his gaze to Associate Director Jiang Ming and Wu Ting—the two future leaders of the department.
"Director Jiang, Wu Ting, I have new plans and arrangements for the two of you."
"Currently, our Laparoscopic Diagnosis and Treatment Technology Research Center has successfully performed a range of appendectomy and cholecystectomy procedures, establishing our own unique specialty. However, for a national-level research center, these surgical techniques alone are not enough."
"Therefore, I will be entrusting both of you with significant responsibilities."
"Here are the new surgical techniques in related fields that our research center plans to introduce and master: laparoscopic surgery for gallbladder and renal cysts, biliary tract surgery, gastrointestinal surgery, hernia repair... We also need to gradually introduce colonoscopies for both diagnosis and treatment, as well as procedures like ERCP..."
"After this meeting, I want you to consider your personal interests and talents and choose one or two of these areas to focus on. I will coordinate with the relevant departments, like General Surgery and Hepatobiliary Surgery. Furthermore, I will select appropriate senior-level hospitals and arrange for you to go for advanced training!"
"Of course, for the time being, Director Jiang will be taking the lead on this. Wu Ting, you can start your preparations."
"After all, Dr. Wu has an even more important matter to attend to."
Hearing Huo Yun’s words, everyone pricked up their ears, eager to learn what Director Huo had arranged.
"Following discussions with the Jinggang University Medical School Graduate School, and in light of our successful collaboration on the research center, they have decided to grant our emergency department one admission slot for a recommended, exam-exempt graduate student."
"Therefore, in addition to their regular hospital duties, Dr. Wu Ting will be pursuing a master’s degree at Jinggang University Medical College."
"Of course, this will be a part-time graduate program, so they will only need to complete the required coursework and a final master’s thesis on schedule. Dr. Wu Ting will still spend the majority of their time working here, at our hospital’s research center."
Hearing the arrangement for Wu Ting—a part-time master’s program at Jinggang University Medical College—the other doctors were filled with envy and admiration.
It sounded like graduate studies, but in reality, it was just a way to burnish Wu Ting’s credentials. Earning that master’s degree was now a foregone conclusion.
The only remaining question was which professor Wu Ting would choose as their advisor.
For a medical student, choosing an advisor is like getting a second chance at life. A good advisor provides a powerful network and background, which is a decisive factor in one’s career development.
Of course, Huo Yun wouldn’t discuss the choice of a graduate advisor with Wu Ting during the meeting.
After laying out Wu Ting’s plan for work and study, Huo Yun specified the focus of Jiang Ming’s work.
"As for Director Jiang, he will be given our department’s off-site training opportunity for this year. The department will provide the resources and funding to send him to Xingke University Hospital in Qinghe City for advanced study."
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