The first routine task of a resident is to do room visits, to ask the patients about their symptoms, change dressings, administer shots, prescribe medications, and solve all sorts of problems. Only then can the resident go to the operating room without any nagging worries.
進醫院第一件例行工作是查房，問候住院病人那裡不舒服，幫他們換藥、打針、開藥，解決種種問題後，才能無後顧之憂地進手術室。