eurekapd Chapter 173 Rounding to 0
Chapter 173 Rounding to 0
Lin Chuyi smiled at Lin Miao and said, "I asked Jia Ming to go out and look for people for me. If we find someone with high talent, we will bring him to the training bases in Qingzhou and Lanzhou for basic training."
"I will tell Lin Wen later that if he meets someone who is suitable for studying medicine, he will be transferred to your place after the basic training course is completed, and you will teach him personally."
"Really?" Lin Miao's eyes lit up.
Lin Chuyi smiled lightly, "Of course it's true. I've thought about it carefully. Chinese medicine knowledge is extensive and profound. If you want to train a generalist, the time cost is too high. What we lack most now is time, so I don't plan to train Chinese medicine practitioners in the generalist model."
"My hometown is full of Western medicine, and there is no such thing as a generalist. They divide the human body into multiple areas. After completing basic studies, students can choose one area from the many medical categories for in-depth study and research. After passing the assessment, they can obtain a certificate and engage in related work."
"The place where they work is called a hospital. There are various departments in the hospital. People can go to the hospital to see a doctor when they are sick or uncomfortable."
"If your eyes are uncomfortable, you should make an appointment with an ophthalmologist. If your skin is uncomfortable, you should make an appointment with a dermatologist. There are specialized doctors responsible for treating each organ in the body, and doctors in that specialty only need to treat their own professional diseases and do not need to involve other specialties."
“Perhaps we can also learn from this approach and break down TCM knowledge into smaller parts. Based on the students’ daily learning situation, we can adjust their future learning direction and make them learn the content of a certain major thoroughly. This will not only shorten the students’ learning time, but also prevent them from learning too many different things, resulting in a situation where they have dabbled in all aspects but are not proficient in any of them.”
"You can't study medicine in isolation. I plan to open my first hospital in two years. You will be the dean and it will officially start operating. The first batch of students will serve as interns to help you. They will learn and improve in actual operations. Only after you approve them can they provide independent diagnosis and treatment."
"Of course, all of this is my personal advice. I am not forcing you to follow my advice. You can make your own decision on how to choose."
Lin Miao stood up and bowed to Lin Chuyi. "I am deeply honored that the young lady is willing to trust me. To be honest, ever since the young lady agreed to let me take her as a disciple, I have been thinking about how to teach a disciple like Cao Cao who has average talent. Now that I have heard the advice from the young lady, the problem that has troubled me has been solved at once."
"However, although this method shortens the time of training students, if we specialize in one category, wouldn't a clinic need to have many doctors?"
"The concept of our clinic is the same as that of a hospital, so I plan to directly name our clinic a hospital. A hospital is not about quantity but quality. If my method is found to be feasible after practice, I plan to build a large hospital in the main urban area, and the doctors in the hospital will cover all categories."
"This way, if the common people have a headache or fever, they can go to a nearby general clinic for treatment. If they encounter a difficult disease, they can go to our clinic to see a specialist. This will not affect the operation of surrounding general clinics, and can also solve the problem of hospital staffing."
"But if we do this, other hospitals have one doctor who will treat all diseases, and we only need to pay for one doctor's salary, while our hospital's doctors are responsible for one area, so we have to pay the salaries of several or even a dozen doctors. The labor cost will be much higher. Even if we open a clinic not for profit, but just to balance income and expenditure, the medicine and consultation fees cannot be cheap."
"If the word gets out that our hospital's prices are significantly higher than other clinics, it will be a long time before we can make back our investment. We can't do business at a loss, right?"
Lin Miao was really conflicted at the moment. She wanted to take on the task and go out to work alone like Lin Wu did, but if the result of working alone did not help the girl's mission, then what was the point of her doing so?
"I know what you're worried about. In fact, I haven't thought about the issue of making a profit since we have so many industries in such a short period of time. Basically, all industries will be at a loss in the early stage. We don't need to spend a little on the clinic. After all, we have some money."
"Ah?" Lin Miao was dumbfounded. It had only been a short time since they last saw each other. Had they become so rich?
"After we get to Lanzhou, you can ask Qian Laiye about the specifics. He will tell you everything you want to know. You should think carefully about the hospital first. Don't worry about the money. After you have considered it, write a written report and give it to Qian Laiye. After he reviews it and finds no problems, he will start working on the construction of the hospital. You just need to train the apprentice and complete the tasks I assign to you."
"As for the issue of losses you mentioned, the hospital must be passed down after it is built. It is not a good thing to continue to make losses. If the labor cost cannot be reduced, it is better to start with the quality of medicine and drugs."
"As I said earlier, instead of trying to do everything and not being good at anything, it is better to choose a specialty and study it in depth. The advantage of specialization is that you can be the best in your field. In other words, our hospital can treat diseases that other clinics cannot. As long as we have strong professional capabilities, we don't have to worry about no one coming to us."
"As for medicines, doctors nowadays usually prescribe a bunch of Chinese medicines for patients to take home and boil. It's not that this is bad, but the taste of most Chinese medicine soups is hard to describe. Why don't we start from here?"
"Let's see if we can make the herbs into pills or tablets without affecting the efficacy. I believe that people still prefer to swallow pills or tablets rather than drink herbal soup."
"We clearly mark the consultation fees and drug prices of each doctor. As long as the medical skills are good and the business is well managed, there is no need to worry about a lack of patients."
Lin Miao was moved by what Lin Chuyi said, "Then... I'll give it a try?"
"Well, after you go out, go find Yu Caocao and ask her if she is willing to be your apprentice. If she is willing, you can accept her as your apprentice and ask her to pack up her things and leave with us. If she is not willing, don't force her. Her talent is not in studying medicine, but in making incense. If you can't be master and apprentice, it means you are not destined to be together. You will have many apprentices in the future, so don't be obsessed with this one."
"My subordinate understands."
"That's good to know. By the way, in addition to the rest of you, I will also be bringing two students from the liberal arts class. Yin Bao from the liberal arts class has already taken one spot. Do you have any recommendations for the other spot?"