Name of applicant: Tian Lu

Nationality: Huaguo

Date of birth: 12 November 1981

1. Usmle Score:

step1: 99 points, step2CK: 99 points, step2CS: pass, step3: Failed.

Assessment score: 10 points

(Scoring criteria: 85~91:0 points; 92~95:5 points; 95+:10 points)

2. Graduate School:

Faculty of Medicine, Lingnan University, Huaguo.

Assessment score: 0 points

(Grading criteria: 10 points for the top medical schools in the United States or the United States, 5 points for general medical schools in the United States, 0 points for top medical schools abroad, -10 points for general medical schools abroad)

3. Letters of Recommendation:

Professor Carter of General Surgery, Professor of Neurosurgery, Francis Professor of Neurosurgery, and Professor McBerg of Neurosurgery, Cleveland Clinic, Ronald Reagan Medical Center, University of California, Los Angeles.

Assessment score: 10 points

(Scoring criteria: 2~10 points for American doctors; 0 points for non-American doctors)

4. Interview:

Communication skills: 0 points

Personality: 0 points

Assessment score: 0 points

5. Research or Articles:

Quantity: 0

Assessment score: 0 points

6. Miscellaneous

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Overall assessment: 3 points

His fingers tapped rhythmically on the hard table, and Professor Locke found it very interesting to look at the interview evaluation form in his hand.

There are still only two residency slots in neurosurgery this year, but the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center, one of the best neurosurgery centers in the United States, has received nearly 200 applications!

After the initial screening, Dr. Morpheus, who is in charge of residency training, sent out a total of 16 interview invitations.

Although he is the chief of neurosurgery, Locke generally only focuses on the final interview and decides the final admission result. After getting the list of interviews, Locke was suddenly full of expectations for this year's residency interview: to be able to get Morpheus, who has always only favored top medical school graduates in the United States, to send an invitation letter, and the only foreigner among them, and a Chinese, aroused Locke's great interest!

Locke's interest is naturally not the score, in fact, although the double 99 score is very good, but every year there are a large number of applicants who meet this condition, Locke was surprised by Tian Lu's age and the three extremely heavy letters of recommendation!

Twenty-three years old, this age is rare!

Applicants from the United States, after four years of undergraduate and four years of medical school, are at least twenty-six or seventeen years old, and if there is a delay of a few more years, they will be even older. Although he knew that the training system for medical students in China was different from that in the United States, Locke was still extremely surprised.

In addition, the recommendation letters of three heavyweights also made Locke feel a little incredible.

Although he had heard of the name Carter, Locke was not very familiar with it, but the names McBerg and Francis carried a lot of weight in Professor Locke's heart. As old friends, Locke knows the personalities of the two, they are not particularly good students, and they are absolutely impossible to give a letter of recommendation. What's more, these two letters of recommendation are definitely not the kind of formatted recommendations, but are full of sincere praise and full affirmation!

Before the interview, Locke had great curiosity about Tian Lu, but after seeing the interview evaluation form in front of him, he was a little confused.

Last night's pre-interview dinner was actually an initial interview with the applicants by the neurosurgery residents. Of course, the main content of the interview is only to review the applicant's personality and communication skills. In general, the results of the interviews of residents are not decisive, but their impression of an applicant can be of great help to the decision-maker.

In Locke's eyes, this young man from Huaguo is the only one who got a zero score in the interview, and it can be said that in addition to the test scores and recommendation letters, this Tianlu is the worst among the applicants!

However, those three letters of recommendation 。。。。。。

"Hehe, funny young man. ”

This interview assessment was written by the resident physician who was in charge of receiving the applicants, and although it has a certain reference value in Professor Locke's mind, after all, it still needs to be seen with his own eyes. Snapping the interview evaluation form, he hesitated a little and picked up the phone at hand.

"Hey, there, this is Harris at San Francisco Medical Center. Locke, I'd like to find Professor Francis in neurosurgery。。。。。。 ”

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The restaurant environment of the San Francisco Medical Center is very good, the layout is very warm, and it is also very clean and tidy, the only regret is that Chinese food such as rice porridge is not provided, and although there are many patterns of Western food, but Tian Lu, who is extremely unwell, can not swallow it at all, so he had to take a glass of hot milk and a sandwich, find a table and eat slowly.

While trying to swallow the food in his mouth, Tian Lu helplessly observed the other applicants.

As at yesterday's dinner and today's breakfast, the other fifteen applicants were vaguely divided into two small groups.

The slightly larger group consisted of eleven people, all of whom had graduated from prestigious medical schools in the United States, all dressed in straight suits and in good spirits, and in front of Dr. Morpheus and the other four residents, these eleven people were also calm and full of confidence. Morpheus and the residents were very affectionate and the atmosphere was extremely harmonious. Applicants are taking the initiative to show themselves and want to show their best side in front of everyone at once.

The other small group of four people graduated from general medical school.

The people who can get the invitation to the neurosurgery interview are definitely the top people in each school, and they are naturally full of energy and high spirits. Although it seemed that he couldn't fit into that big circle, he couldn't see a trace of frustration on his face, and he was also chatting and laughing with the other two residents, trying his best to get impression points.

Of the entire team of applicants, only Tian Lu became the third small group alone.

On the one hand, as the only foreigner and the only yellow race, the other fifteen applicants seemed to have a natural sense of rejection towards Tian Lu, and Tian Lu even saw a faint disdain in the eyes of several people. This is true even for residents who are expected to be objective and impartial.

On the other hand, because of physical reasons, Tian Lu's head was groggy last night, and although he barely attended the dinner party, his performance was very unsatisfactory.

This morning's schedule, mainly department introduction, hospital tour and academic report, are all group activities, and the only time for breakfast and lunch to be able to communicate face-to-face with the doctors is to have a physical reason.

After a night's rest, Tian Lu's fever and headache improved today, but he began to have symptoms of cough and runny nose again, which made him reluctantly choose to be out of the group.

"It seems that the previous failure is a foregone conclusion, and I just hope that the individual interview after lunch can perform better. Seeing the positive performance of the other applicants, Tian Lu felt more and more lonely, so he had to shake his head helplessly and smile bitterly, comforting himself.

Before he came, Lei Kang specially reminded him that the interview for the residency training position generally rarely assesses the applicant's professional knowledge, after all, the test results are more convincing in this regard. Interview examiners pay more attention to the applicant's personality, communication skills and team spirit. In this regard, as a foreigner, Tian Lu has a congenital weakness, and coupled with physical discomfort, it can be said that his performance is extremely bad.

"Tian, why don't you sit with everyone?"

As he was feeling depressed, Tian Lu suddenly heard a greeting with doubts, and when he looked up, Dr. Morpheus was standing next to the table and asked with a smile, "Can I sit down?"

"Of course, please be seated!"

Tian Lu hurriedly stood up and asked Dr. Morpheus to sit down, then touched his nose with a wry smile and said, "I'm sorry, I'm really not feeling well today, and it's not appropriate to sit with everyone." ”

"Got a cold?"

From Tian Lu's slightly thick nasal voice, Dr. Morpheus immediately noticed the problem and asked with concern.

Tian Lu nodded and admitted, "Yes, it started yesterday. I'm sorry I didn't tell you in advance, I just didn't want to miss this interview, so 。。。。。。 ”

Now is the high incidence period of influenza A, although he can be sure that he is just an ordinary cold, but Tian Lu is still a little apprehensive in his heart, after all, doctors are more sensitive than ordinary people.

"Oh, I see!"

Dr. Morpheus suddenly realized and said with a smile, "I thought your personality was a little withdrawn, but that's why!"

After comprehending the straightforwardness of the Americans more than once, Tian Lu had no choice but to shrug his shoulders helplessly and said: "Of course not, in fact, I really wanted to be able to communicate with the residents, but my physical condition did not allow it, so I had to give up." ”

Speaking of which, Dr. Morpheus has put a big cross in his mind on the interview evaluation form submitted by the chief resident!

Like Professor Locke, Dr. Morpheus is curious about Tian Lu.

As an authentic American, Morpheus is not a racist, but he does not like foreign doctors very much. On the one hand, he believes that the medical education system in the United States is the most advanced and reasonable, and on the other hand, most of the foreign doctors he has come into contact with before give him a nerdy feeling. As a result, he has never sent a single letter of invitation to a foreigner since he presided over the residency program.

Morpheus is a giftist, in his opinion, there is not much point in getting a high test score, as long as there is enough time, anyone can get a good score, but personal talent, especially in medicine, is what matters!

With Tian Lu's conditions, even if he is a record young, he was not considered by Morpheus, but a sentence in Professor McBerg's recommendation letter made him resolutely give an invitation letter.

"A hard-working genius!"

It is exactly the same as the evaluation of McBerger and Tian Lu when they first came into contact, in terms of McBerg's reputation, this is definitely not a simple compliment, but an extremely high evaluation!

Solving a doubt in his heart, Morpheus didn't care much about Tian Lu's concealment of a cold, and said with a smile after pondering: "After lunch, it's time to interview alone, Professor Locke wants to see you in person, I think, just put you first, so that you can go back to rest early。。。。。。 ”