My Medical Skills Give Me Experience Points

This ability to use naked eye observation and intuition to diagnose hidden illnesses in patients was extremely popular in ancient times. Every skilled practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine was capable of it.

It was known as the Observation Technique.

When traditional Chinese medicine practitioners treated patients, they used the four basic diagnostic methods: inspection (observation), auscultation and olfaction (listening and smelling), inquiry, and palpation (pulse-taking and palpation).

Observation was ranked first.

It was the leader among the four diagnostic methods in traditional Chinese medicine.

By examining the patient's complexion, skin color, nails, tongue coating, body shape, and so on, it provides the most direct initial diagnostic impression. It helps to broadly identify the types of illnesses present, facilitating further diagnosis of the lesion and differential diagnosis based on pathology.

Zhou Can's gains from the three-month residency training in the Intensive Care Medicine Department were beyond imagination.

At first, he did not realize it. Now, after entering residency training in other departments, he has discovered that the three months spent in the Intensive Care Medicine Department have been of immeasurable help to his medical practice.

Whether in resuscitating critically ill patients or in pathological diagnosis, encountering sudden situations during surgeries, and so forth, he always has an extra bit of confidence compared to others.

Vice Director Ye personally extended his residency training in the Intensive Care Medicine Department by two months, which can be considered a well-intentioned effort.

For example, not long ago during the rounds, even Director Jia had not noticed that the patient in Bed 3 had cancer, but Zhou Can did.

Of course, it is still only Zhou Can's initial diagnosis.

It can also be referred to as speculation.

Whether the patient indeed has cancer still requires further verification.

Zhou Can couldn't possibly tell Director Jia directly, without any evidence, that the patient might have cancer, could he?

Today was the first time the two had dealt with each other, and Director Jia's trust in him was still quite limited.

To get Director Jia to accept his diagnostic opinion, he must provide reliable diagnostic evidence, preferably pointing directly to the location of the lesion.

Based on Zhou Can's experience, diagnosing such highly challenging hidden diseases is likely to earn an extra 100 Experience Points as a reward for pathological diagnosis.

"Dr. Zhou, I bet your girlfriend must be especially beautiful! Really charming!" Qiu Hong suddenly said to Zhou Can with a smile, uttering a somewhat baffling statement.

"Why do you say that?"

Zhou Can asked her, puzzled.

If Su Qianqian is not considered beautiful, then perhaps no woman in this world could be described with the word "beautiful."

"You look so distracted; I guess you must be thinking about your girlfriend, right?"

Qiu Hong said teasingly in a joking manner.

She had no ill intentions, but rather the opposite.

Because Zhou Can's response to Director Jia earlier was somewhat perfunctory. Director Jia's expression was actually somewhat displeased.

She has been following Director Jia for five years and understands his temperament and personality very well.

It was an intentional explanation on behalf of Zhou Can.

She also meant to remind Zhou Can not to be distracted.

"Haha, Senior Sister Qiu, you're really humorous. I wasn't distracted thinking about my girlfriend just now; I was thinking about the patient in Bed 3, I feel that the patient's condition isn't simply a duodenal ulcer."

Zhou Can was also smart enough to realize what was happening.

He sneaked a glance at Director Jia's slightly cold face and quickly explained the reason for his absent-mindedness.

"That patient's duodenal ulcer is indeed very serious. They have had a disease history of nearly twenty years, how could it be simple!"

She responded.

"No, no, no, I mean the patient might have other diseases!"

Zhou Can had no choice but to voice his suspicions in advance.

He couldn't let Director Jia think he was a frivolous person who didn't focus on learning.

A seemingly insignificant matter.

But it could cause a severe detriment to his image in Director Jia's eyes.

One might never fully understand a person in a lifetime, yet one action can significantly lower one's opinion of them.

"Other diseases? Cirrhosis and chronic superficial gastritis have already been diagnosed by Director Jia!"

She asked, puzzled.

Qiu Hong had just met Zhou Can and didn't know whether he was making up an excuse to explain to Director Jia why he had been distracted earlier, or if he had truly diagnosed the patient with another illness.

She was more inclined to believe the former.

Thinking that Zhou Can was just making up an excuse to avoid leaving a bad impression on Director Jia.

After harboring such thoughts, her impression of Zhou Can immediately worsened.

People who like to be clever are generally not well-liked.

"I'm referring to other diseases, like cancer!"

Zhou Can really had a knack for making startling statements.

Even Director Jia turned his gaze back to him this time.

Qiu Hong pursed her lips, her pretty face showing a trace of disdain. She hadn't expected that the new student accepted by Director Jia would be so ostentatious. It's one thing to make up an excuse, but now, in an attempt to grab attention, he was outright claiming that the patient had cancer.

Thankfully, the family members weren't present, or it could have potentially led to an argument.

"Director Jia, may I ask for twenty minutes of leave? I'd like to check the patient's medical reports. If the patient does have cancer, we may need to reassess the feasibility of the surgical plan. The patient is quite elderly and carries an extremely high risk with surgery. The operation you scheduled for the patient is at 1 pm, and if I go to check at noon, I'm afraid it won't be enough time."

Zhou Can explained his reasons in detail.

His tone was sincere, and his expression was genuine.

Qiu Hong almost couldn't help snickering; he spoke as if it were true. Dr. Zhou, who had recently joined, would be a waste not to go into acting.

Her favorable impression of Zhou Can had also completely dissipated.

"You go ahead!"

Director Jia readily agreed.

Without wasting any more words, Zhou Can quickly returned to the ward and went to check the medical reports for the patient in Bed 3.