If he were to undertake some high-difficulty endoscopic suturing tasks now, or ultra-high-difficulty tissue suturing, he would be confident enough to handle them.
For instance, suturing delicate membranes such as the meninges, peritoneum, omentum, or complex structures like nerves, blood vessels, and vital tissues, he now has ample confidence.
In the past, faced with such ultra-high-difficulty suturing, he could only give up.
Zhou Can stitched one stitch after another, his movements appearing more and more casual.
It was like a leisurely stroll through a courtyard.
Director Wen immediately sensed Zhou Can's tremendous improvement, a look of extreme shock emerging in his eyes.
This, this is too outrageous!
The suturing skill level of an associate director! How on earth did this kid train? Normally, it takes at least a decade for a surgeon to improve their suturing skill from an intern level to an associate director level.
He broke through so effortlessly, is he even human?
Witnessing Zhou Can's suturing skill progress from chief level to associate director level brought such a shock to Director Wen that it severely impacted his psyche.
In the end, he could only describe it as a freakishly monstrous talent.
[Congratulations! Your Ligation Skill has advanced to level 5, current Experience Points 1/100000, junior associate director level.]
A second medical skill at the associate director level emerged.
Zhou Can was overjoyed.
He had longed for associate director level medical skills, and to think he could achieve this in less than a year of residency.
It felt like he was in a dream.
The benefits brought by the Experience Point system were beyond imagination.
His diligence, hard work, combined with the assistance of the Experience Point system, made his medical skills soar like a rocket.
The feeling of visibly seeing progress through effort was wonderful.
It also filled him with vigor.
Just like the Suturing Skill, after advancing Ligation Skill to level 5, it was a return to simplicity.
The Ligation Skill was performed naturally and effortlessly, like lifting something light as a feather.
When tying knots, the pulling force on the tissues was almost zero. And he could complete all kinds of complex knotting tasks.
For example, intracavity knotting, knotting near vital structures, or on fragile tissues, he could do them all well.
Square knots, slipknots, and even the more difficult triple throws, all could be handled with ease.
Additionally, chief-level ligation could be done fairly well with one hand, while using instruments felt somewhat inadequate, especially during endoscopic surgery, where the sense of powerlessness was more pronounced.
Now, knotting with a needle holder no longer felt strenuous to him.
The entire operation was particularly smooth.
If he were to perform endoscopic surgery again, he was confident he could easily achieve high-standard knotting. Fast and good.
Even when confronted with the challenge of knotting in the sensitive areas of a cavity, he had a certain confidence in doing well.
Isn't Jin Mingxi practicing knotting on tofu blocks every day? After practicing for over half a year, taking into account the decade-plus of surgical experience Jin Mingxi had, his knots were still very rough.
Not that Jin Mingxi couldn't tie knots well, but he had to consider the fragility of the tofu.
A tiny bit too much pulling force, and the tofu block would crumble before your eyes.
To ensure the firmness and neatness of the knots while considering the tension during knotting and the destructive force when moving around, one can imagine how high the difficulty is.
This is just the difficulty of tying knots with both hands, and it's already this hard.
If using instruments to tie knots, the difficulty would certainly double.
And if it's intracavity instrument knotting, the difficulty would double yet again.
It shows that the progress of a surgeon's skills is truly step by step, each step another hurdle.
The higher you go, the harder it is to improve.
It's like climbing a steep, smooth cliff; the closer you get to the summit, the smoother and more vertical the cliff becomes.
Director Wen beside him was staring wide-eyed.
More thrilling than seeing a young lady's clothes suddenly split open.
"Am I wrong? Even his knotting skill has improved to associate director level?"
Director Wen hadn't recovered from his previous shock and now was witnessing a new miracle.
So much so that he questioned if something was wrong with his brain.
One plus one equals two.
Two plus two equals four... Nine plus nine equals eighteen.
He silently calculated a few arithmetic problems in his mind, thankfully, his brain was functioning normally, and there was no problem.
Then, he shifted his gaze back to Zhou Can's surgical operation.
"There's no mistake, it's indeed associate director level suturing and knotting skills. This kid's progress is too exaggerated, he's improving in each medical skill as if it's nothing."
Director Wen steadied his mind, getting ready to take a closer look at Zhou Can's operative technique.
Unfortunately, by this time, Zhou Can had already finished.
"Director Wen, please check it!"
Director Wen leaned over to closely inspect the sutured wound. He could clearly see the traces of the significant improvement in suturing and knotting skills.
The front end of the wound was sutured and knotted, clearly still at the chief level.
The stitches that followed had a level of suturing skill that was astonishing.
Dr. Zou and Tang Li, observing Director Wen studying the sutured wound so closely, felt very puzzled.
With their standards, they could see at a glance that Zhou Can had done an excellent job.
There was nothing wrong!
What was Director Wen analyzing?
"Director Wen, is there a problem with Dr. Zhou's suturing?"
Tang Li asked, driven by curiosity.
"No problem, it's done very well. I was just curious, how could he stitch so well?" After close examination, Director Wen couldn't figure out the trick behind Zhou Can's rapid progress.