Chapter 6 Course Selection
"How is it, have you thought about it?"
As he gently shook the wine glass in his hand, John asked his student with a smile.
After the graduation ceremony, it is naturally a graduation reception.
John did not prepare any graduation party because in his opinion it was the students' own business and had nothing to do with the school. However, he also invested in the graduation party, rich and luxurious meals, and the most famous wine in New York, which made the students feel the sincerity of the school.
After the cocktail party began, the first person John looked for was naturally Harvey Cushing.
Nodding vigorously, Harvey Cushing said solemnly: "Yes, sir, I have already thought about it. I want to be a surgeon!"
"oh?"
With a raised eyebrows, John said with a smile on his eyes: "You have to think about it. Both internal medicine and obstetrics and gynecology only have two years of resident training, while surgical medicine takes three years! The income gap between resident and attending physician is quite large, and the income of surgeons is not as good as internal medicine... Are you sure you really want to choose surgery?"
"Yes sir, I'm sure!"
Cushing was not fooled and nodded firmly.
The residency system of Hunterlaer Medical College has long been explained to students. For now, John and others only offer three residency positions for students to choose from: internal medicine residency, obstetrics and gynecology residency and surgical residency.
Two years in internal medicine and obstetrics and gynecology, and three years in surgery.
In the future, the residency system has become very mature. Every graduate of a medical school must attend an interview and choose a qualified hospital for residency training, ranging from three years to seven years. If it is a surgical pearl like neurosurgery, it may take two or three years of ello. After completing the training, you can start looking for a job and find a hospital to become a doctor. That is to say, if a person goes to college at the age of 18, he will have 4 years of undergraduate degree, 4 years of medical school, and 3 years of resident doctors, and he will be almost 30 years old when he becomes a doctor.
It's long and hard.
At the end of the 19th century, John certainly could not do this, but he was eligible to enroll after getting a bachelor's degree. After four years of medical school, he had to go through at least two years of residency training to become a formal physician. Hunteral Medical College is also different from other medical schools of this era! Not to mention that the four years of university were extremely heavy, and it was so busy that people were busy every day. This was why the nine people came in and only five graduated in the end.
but……
Cushing grinned and said with a smile: "Even a resident has a much better income than the average person, so why not choose the direction you like the most?"
"Oh? Haha..."
Hearing this answer, John burst into laughter.
After several years of lag in development, Heinz General Hospital has undoubtedly become the top hospital in New York, with an astonishing number of outpatient services reaching an astonishing number of more than 1,000, and the number of surgical operations exceeds half of the city! In this case, in addition to increasing manpower, John also generously provided high salaries to physicians!
Even if he is just a resident, John's annual salary is extremely amazing!
In New York City in 1895, five hundred dollars could support a family for a year, while the minimum standard set by John for residents was six hundred dollars. After completing the training, if hired by the hospital, even the lowest-paid surgeon would have an annual salary of 1,200 dollars, which was enough to live a good life in New York. You should know that in this era, only those slightly famous doctors could do it, and ordinary doctors in other hospitals could not even compare to the workers working in factories.
So without exception, the graduates chose to stay.
After getting a guaranteed income, Harvey Cushing naturally chose the surgery he liked, and this was exactly what John wanted to see. He provided such a high income to his subordinates in the hope that they could devote all their energy and time to their work, preferably at the work they are interested in. Only in this way can they do the best...
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"bite!"
With a light and crisp sound, Osler touched the cup with his old friend, and then asked with a smile: "How do you feel? Is it some inspiration for your school?"
When he said these words, Osler's expression was extremely confident.
No wonder Osler is so arrogant. It is because compared with Heinz Medical College, Hopkins is too immature in any aspect. Because of the stimulation of Heinz Medical College, Hopkins was completed a year earlier than in history, and preparations must have been a little hasty. Without Osler, the soul figure, the clinical side education that established Hopkins' historical status also encountered trouble!
So in the past three years, William Welch has been coming to New York to seek Buddhist scriptures.
Now that Hunterlaer's first student graduated from the Medical College, Osler knows the quality of these students best. Not only is it unmatched in the United States, but even looking at Europe... Osler couldn't think of any graduate of medical college that could be better than them! Therefore, when talking to Welch on this occasion, Osler was not only full of pride, but also deeply grateful that he did not agree to Hopkins' invitation, but came to New York resolutely!
“Haha, it’s very helpful.”
With a secret smile in his heart, Welch said seriously: "It seems that there are still a lot of things we Hopkins need to learn..."
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"How is it? Have you thought about it?"
When asked about the fifth student, John was particularly happy. Because one of the first four students chose internal medicine and the other chose obstetrics and gynecology, two chose surgery, among which Cushing, the future big bull, did not make John excited? He knew that although he and Thomas were both surgeons, the development and progress of surgery in recent years were also extremely obvious, otherwise they would not take the risk of future choice!
However, the fifth student shook his head and said seriously: "Sir, I'm afraid I won't go to the hospital for resident training."
"Hmm? Why?"
The smile on John's face suddenly froze and he asked quickly.
"I think I'm probably more interested in physiology."
The student named Michael Bailey blinked and quickly explained: "So I applied to Professor Quint a few days ago, and he agreed... Principal, if I look back, I don't really like physiology, can I choose to go to the hospital?"
"Of course! Haha, welcome at any time!"
Nodding vigorously, John smiled happily.
Some students were actually more interested in basic medicine, which was of course a matter of undesirable for John!
After all, medical progress is bound to the efforts of clinicians, but more importantly, the efforts of anatomists, physiologists and pathologists! And John also hopes that students will pursue their interests, so that they can truly devote themselves to it.
Moreover, after years of hard work, Hunteral Medical College, hospital and medical device companies have also achieved extremely brilliant achievements. From this perspective, this guy’s choice is really bad... (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!