I may be able to make some...adjustments. I'm not allowed in the labs but they said with "good behavior" I might assist in providing medical care. Perhaps I can garner enough good will that they'll let me improve the medical equipment, if nothing else.
[He tilts his head.]
In the meantime, it might increase everyone's chances to have more qualified healthcare practitioners volunteer there.
Coluan schooling is significantly more intensive than that of many other species due to our intellects. We gain the full expertise of multiple scientific disciplines - including medicine - and then choose to specialize further in several.
While I opted to specialize in mechanical engineering and physics, I did obtain the full scholastic body of knowledge equivalent to a human medical degree - enough that if I'd moved onto practical training and a residency, I could've become licensed. And I have on occasion provided care for my multi-species teammates on a higher level than first aid.
But I still lack much practical knowledge of procedure. Holographic simulations are not the same as practice in the field. There are far more variables and there is sometimes far more complex trauma.
[A pause.]
Also it's a very different experience setting bones when you're not ten. Learning skills like patient intubation is far easier when you don't have to use a step stool.
Would you perhaps be willing to help train me on a practicum? Like a residency? Then at least during any mass casualty incidents, if I'm still standing, you won't be the only qualified doctor. My education's emphasis on xenobiology and adaptational medicine might be especially useful if I can properly learn procedure.
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[He tilts his head.]
In the meantime, it might increase everyone's chances to have more qualified healthcare practitioners volunteer there.
Coluan schooling is significantly more intensive than that of many other species due to our intellects. We gain the full expertise of multiple scientific disciplines - including medicine - and then choose to specialize further in several.
While I opted to specialize in mechanical engineering and physics, I did obtain the full scholastic body of knowledge equivalent to a human medical degree - enough that if I'd moved onto practical training and a residency, I could've become licensed. And I have on occasion provided care for my multi-species teammates on a higher level than first aid.
But I still lack much practical knowledge of procedure. Holographic simulations are not the same as practice in the field. There are far more variables and there is sometimes far more complex trauma.
[A pause.]
Also it's a very different experience setting bones when you're not ten. Learning skills like patient intubation is far easier when you don't have to use a step stool.
Would you perhaps be willing to help train me on a practicum? Like a residency? Then at least during any mass casualty incidents, if I'm still standing, you won't be the only qualified doctor. My education's emphasis on xenobiology and adaptational medicine might be especially useful if I can properly learn procedure.