Chapter 44: Cold

Early November, Los Angeles, USA.

Probably because of the rain just yesterday, the temperature this morning was a little low, which made people feel a hint of coolness in late autumn.

"Don't make a fuss, let me sleep a little longer. ”

Tian Lu made a weak sound, and then buried his face in the thick pillow, avoiding the little hand that pinched his nose strangely, and his mind was wooden, just want to sleep a little longer.

In a trance, the quilt was lifted aside, and he laughed in a low voice, "Lazy worm, it's time to get up, wait until you are about to leave, don't miss the plane!"

"Oops, it's hot!"

As soon as she got into Tian Lu's arms, Ye Lan screamed, and hurriedly stretched out her hand to Tian Lu's forehead, and asked worriedly, "Tian Lu, you won't be sick, right?"

Tian Lu shook his head a little dazedly and said, "I don't know, I'm very tired at this time, maybe I had a cold yesterday." ”

In order to prepare for the upcoming interview, Tian Lu went to another Chinese doctor's home yesterday for the last mock interview, and when he came back, he was drenched in rain and cold. After coming back, Tian Lu continued to study in the system until late at night, and he was a little tired, so he finally caught a cold.

From returning to China in early June to now, a full five months, because of the trivial matters of graduation and preparing for the upcoming interview, Tian Lu has been constantly doing things, and the time to be able to take out to enter the system is far less than that of the university days, so the learning progress is not much faster than when he was interned, which makes his sense of urgency more and more intense.

There is still about a quarter of the curriculum of clinical medicine left.

This quarter is the part of the course that Tian Lu specially left at the end, which is like chicken ribs. This part of the knowledge is newly derived from the development of medicine in the next 80 years, and it can be said that it has no meaning at all for the current level of medicine. However, for Tian Lu, as long as he wants to pass the assessment of medical foundation and medical experiment support system, and then start the follow-up clinical diagnosis and clinical operation support system, he must complete these courses。。。。。。

The palm of her hand felt the burning heat on Tian Lu's forehead, and Ye Lan panicked suddenly: "Ah, what should I do, I have an interview at night!"

After a little hesitation, Ye Lan got up and ran out.

After a while, Lei Kang hurriedly followed Ye Lan in, took the thermometer to measure Tian Lu's temperature, and his face became solemn: "The situation is not good, it burns badly!"

Tian Lu also sat up at this time, and said with a reluctant smile: "Luck is really enough, today is my first interview, but I didn't expect to catch a cold, hehe." ”

"You're still in the mood to laugh?"

Ye Lan glanced at Tian Lu, and asked Lei Kang worriedly: "Senior brother, can you call over to explain the situation and apply to change the time of the interview?" ”

"I'm afraid not!"

Lei Kang frowned and shook his head: "The interview of a resident doctor is generally not only one person, but a group of applicants go at the same time, and it is impossible for the hospital to modify the interview time because of one person." And if you meet a suitable applicant in the interview, the hospital is likely to determine the ownership of the position in advance, if Tian Lu misses, who knows if they will give a second chance?"

Tian Lu smiled bitterly: "Anyway, let's give it a try, even if it is to accumulate some experience, it should be regarded as preparation for the subsequent interview." ”

As soon as he heard this, Lei Kang's expression suddenly relaxed, patted Tian Lu's shoulder and said with a smile: "Yes, I almost forgot, you kid is a super strong man who has been notified by eight interviews! Even if this one doesn't work, it doesn't matter, there are still seven waiting for you!"

Perhaps the application materials written by many physicians are too good, or maybe the recommendation letters of three American doctors, especially the recommendation letters of two big names in neurosurgery, have played a role, Tian Lu has sent out 14 neurosurgery residency applications, and as of today, he has received eight interview notices, which makes Lei Kang and others can't help but shout!

Residency training in the United States is nominally fair to all applicants, but in reality, there are many unspoken rules, especially for foreign applicants, there are many restrictions. Some majors, such as internal medicine and pediatrics, have relatively low incomes, and there are few competitors in the United States, so foreign applicants often get a lot of opportunities. For those departments with higher incomes, such as surgery, dermatology, etc., the chances of foreign applicants will be greatly reduced, basically not more than 10%.

And for top specialties like neurosurgery, the percentage of hires is even lower.

Tian Lu was able to get interviews with eight hospitals, just more than half of the number of applications, which made Lei Kang and others excited at the same time, and at the same time, they couldn't help but be envious! Take Lei Kang himself as an example, when he applied for the residency training position, he also tried to apply for general surgery majors in more than a dozen hospitals, and finally only got two interview opportunities, so he went to make a soy sauce.

According to Lei Kang's analysis, Tian Lu was able to get so many opportunities mainly for three reasons.

The first one is the results of the USMLE exam. Tian Lu's results are definitely among the top ones, which is definitely one of the extra factors when the other party reviews the application materials. Of course, to get the opportunity to get the neurosurgery interview in these 14 hospitals, the applicants' grades are not bad, which is not a big advantage for Tianlu.

The second is the age of Tian Lu. The medical training mechanism in the United States is different from that in China, they are four years of pre-med (undergraduate), four years of medical school, and eight years of residency training, that is, the age of applicants is generally over 26 or 7 years old, and some are even over 30. At this point, the advantage of Tian Lu, who is just twenty-four years old, is still relatively obvious, after all, the younger you are, the stronger your plasticity, and the more potential for development.

The last one, and the biggest advantage of Tian Lu, is the three super recommendation letters. In fact, letters of recommendation are in some ways more important than others. Both Professor Francis and Professor McBerg are well-known figures in the field of neurosurgery, and Professor Carter is also the director of surgery at a top hospital.

With Lei Kang's comfort, Ye Lan's expression was a little lighter, but she still said with some worry: "But what now?" Tian Lu's plane is three hours later, with his current physical condition, can he take the plane? And the interview is going to be in the evening。。。。。。 ”

"Get me some medicine first. ”

Tian Lu waved his hand and said simply: "It's only forty or fifty minutes from Los Angeles to San Francisco, so it's not in the way." Besides, tonight was just a pre-interview dinner, and it was attended by neurosurgery residents, which was not very important. ”

The hospital where Tian Lu is going to interview today is the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center, and it is also the first hospital to give Tian Lu the opportunity to interview. Perhaps because of the same University of California Hospital, the internship experience at Ronald Reagan Hospital and the letters of recommendation from Carter and Professors Francis made the other party very happy to send out an interview email as soon as possible.

At this point, Ye Lan, who was helpless, had no choice but to find some cold medicine and let Tian Lu eat it.

Lei Kang shook his head and said, "Tian Lu, no matter what, you still have to pay attention to your body in the future." I think you should find a sport that you like and exercise more often. If you go to residency in the future, you will have to work at least 80 hours a week, and you can't do it without a good body!"

"Well, don't worry, senior brother, I'll pay attention. Tian Lu replied with a smile.

Tian Lu's health is not bad, he is young and strong, and he rarely gets sick. However, because of the lack of exercise in ordinary times, and always staying up late, it is definitely not good, especially in this country where the race is generally tall, it seems relatively thin.

In any case, although Tian Lu is sick, he still has to continue to participate in the interview.

After taking medicine and resting for a while, Lei Kang drove Tian Lu to the airport. With a groggy head, Tian Lu got on a plane to San Francisco and faced the first formal interview in his life。。。。。。。

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Well, it's finally done.

It feels very bad, there is no code word for several days, there is no feeling at all, and the original manuscript is overturned and rewritten, and I don't know how to start for a while.

I don't want to continue to break the update today.,So put the water chapter on it.,Maybe I feel better in a few days and I'll revise this chapter again.。