Guided by Teacher Xiao Sun, they did not take the usual path leading to the front door of the patient wards; instead, they circled to the back corridor, which was not open to the public. Suddenly, they took a turn, unlocked a door, and went in.
"This area is the internal office space for doctors in our hospital," Sun Yubo introduced to her, "Normally, it is not disclosed to trainee interns."
Attending physicians share an office between two or three people, and although resident doctors do not have a permanent desk arrangement, they can use the desks of superior doctors to carry out their work. Associate senior doctors have their own private offices.
"We seldom come here," Sun Yubo said.
Doctors are very busy; surgeons spend most of their time in the operating room, and when not operating, they are running around the wards, attending meetings, consultations, and making house calls.
