Interface journalist | Li Kewen
Interface News Editor | Xie Xin
On June 16, a notice about the investigation and treatment of Yu Li, a pediatrics teacher at Southern Medical University who was late for class in the spring semester of 2023 academic year, spread on the Internet. Among them, the punishment of Yu Li for being late for class due to rescuing children in the South Hospital of Southern Medical University where she works has caused huge public discussion.
On the same day, the Southern Medical University officially reported that the university has paid attention to the network information about the teachers of the First Clinical Medical College of our university who were notified. As a medical college and its affiliated hospital, life first and priority of rescuing the wounded and dying are the values we always adhere to. The school is learning about the verification from the relevant units, and will follow up.
On June 17, South Hospital of Southern Medical University also responded to the interface news, At present, leaders at all levels are still meeting to discuss. Finally, Southern Medical University should have a final conclusion, but it will certainly explain (the incident).
Respond that it is not reprocessed
The incident originated from a student's feedback that Yu Li, a pediatrics teacher, did not arrive in the classroom on time to teach. The notice showed that some students reported that Yu Li, the teacher, did not arrive at the 2019 clinical medicine (English teaching) class "Pediatrics" on time in the first to second sections of the morning of May 10, 2014. On that day, Yu Li was 29 minutes late.
The notice showed that Yu Li was in charge of the children's critical condition at that time, which could change at any time, and the risk of death was high. So she went to the department to check the situation of the children before teaching. During the period, the children were slightly dull in the double hole reflex, bleeding at the place where the tube was placed in the neck, and suspected of cerebral hemorrhage, so she carried out nervous treatment. Yu Li failed to report to the teaching and research office in time due to emergency, which eventually led to the late event.
The notice showed that after the incident, Feng Yanwen, a clinical medicine teacher, arrived at the teacher immediately to pacify the students and keep in touch with Yu Li. After dealing with the emergency, Yu Li hurried back to the classroom at 8:29 and made teaching arrangements for the follow-up courses to complete the teaching.
However, the follow-up treatment of Yu Li by Southern Medical University has become the fuse of public opinion.
The notice showed that Yu Li's behavior on that day was not intended to save the patient, and she arrived in the classroom in time after the problem was solved. She properly arranged the teaching content, successfully completed the teaching task, and did not cause adverse effects.
However, according to the results of the study, Yu Li's bonus of 2000 yuan in May was withheld and criticized in the whole hospital, and her qualification for annual assessment and selection was cancelled.
Yu Li was identified as a teaching error rather than a serious teaching accident. According to the Modern Express, the staff of the publicity office of Nanfang Hospital of Southern Medical University said that the treatment of Yu Li was the lightest.
According to the Measures for Examination, Approval and Handling of Teaching Accidents (Errors) in the First Clinical School of Southern Medical University, if the teaching time is delayed between 15 minutes and 30 minutes due to non punctuality in class (late, early leave, midway leave), it is deemed as a serious teaching accident. If a teaching accident (error) occurs due to special circumstances, it shall be handled according to the specific circumstances.
According to the Measures for the Recognition and Treatment of Teaching Accidents in Southern Medical University, teaching accidents are divided into three categories: ordinary, serious and serious, which are judged according to the policy teaching order, the impact of teaching activities and the degree of damage. If the teaching order and teaching process are affected by force majeure and sudden events, they shall not be deemed as teaching accidents.
Should I be fined?
The core of public opinion lies in that clinicians and teachers take into account the dual identities of "curing the disease and saving the people" and "teaching and educating people". When the two parts of responsibilities conflict, which is more important, and how to balance the rewards and punishments afterwards.
In view of the practical characteristics of clinical medicine courses, the conflict between teaching arrangements and urgent clinical tasks is not rare.
According to the interface news, under normal circumstances, the teaching and clinical work of doctors and staff in various departments will be arranged in advance. In case of conflict, doctors will also coordinate their work according to the schedule in advance for emergencies.
But the emergence of emergency rescue is often unpredictable.
Faced with this situation, both departments and teaching management departments should also take prompt measures to provide assistance to coordinate the conflict between the two.
There is no uniform treatment standard for special cases. In the final analysis, these decisions still need to rely on personal judgment. This requires the management to respond flexibly and make the most appropriate processing decisions under special circumstances.
According to the aforementioned Measures for Examination and Treatment of Teaching Accidents (Errors) in the First Clinical School of Southern Medical University, it is also pointed out that if teaching accidents (errors) occur due to special circumstances, they should be handled according to the specific circumstances.
It is just that whether the current treatment of Southern Medical University is convincing or not requires a quotation mark.
According to Caixin, the deputy chief doctor of the emergency department of a tertiary A hospital in Guangdong Province, this punishment is very normal. He said that he has been engaged in teaching and scientific research for many years. "There are also people who have been notified to deal with and deducted money due to traffic jams." In his opinion, in case of emergencies, someone can be immediately called to report or call someone to take the class instead. Medical schools generally have more manpower than hospitals, which is more convenient for coordination.
Zhuang Shilihe, an alumnus of Southern Medical University and author of popular science, wrote an article on his microblog saying that he thought there was no problem with Yu Li's practice. She was practicing the Hippocratic oath and telling these young medical students what it was to save the dying and heal the wounded with her own practical actions. She should not be punished.
Editor in charge: Trish
