Giving Outpatient Consultations

At the Outpatient Department of Yun Hua Hospital was a small sign on the door of the consultation room of the Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery.

Two nameplates could be slotted into the small sign. One stated the position of the doctor, while another contained the name of the doctor. For example, whenever He Yuanzheng was doing outpatient consultation, the two nameplates would state "specialist consultation" and "He Yuanzheng" respectively. 

Ranked below "specialist consultation" was "associate chief physician" and "attending physician". Last but not least, there was also "basic consultation", which was used to make up the numbers when there were not any higher-ranked doctors around.