Making doctors doers

The country is working to ensure surgeons get more clinical experience. Xu Jingxi reports from Guangzhou.

The widely held notion that only the most hands-on medical students can earn doctorates may not be true, a recent study suggests.

An in-house survey of doctoral graduates working in a top-notch hospital in South China found nearly a third don't dare perform night-shift surgeries on their own. They instead wait until morning, when their professors are present.