Chien points out that external medicine places a premium on experience. There are many medical schools in China and many patients. Young doctors can all wield the scalpel and quickly get experience. But when it comes to internal medicine where you rely heavily on sensitive instruments to make a diagnosis, mainland doctors are very far from the mark.
錢慶文指出，外科重視經驗，大陸醫院多、病患多，小醫師都可以操刀，累積經驗的速度也快；但對於高度依賴精密儀器作病情判讀診斷的內科，大陸醫師就差很多。