Posted March 26, 2022, 10:38 a.m. by Lieutenant Jericho Semenza (Chief Medical Officer) (Lucas Foxley)
Posted by Captain Rende Asam (Captain) in side - Sim: I am not Geriatric (TAG Semenza)
Posted by Lieutenant Jericho Semenza (Chief Medical Officer) in side - Sim: I am not Geriatric (TAG Semenza)
(snip)
“The department is fine… Everything has been easy to handle.” So far it had been an easy department to run and Semenza was thankful for that. It had become apparent to him that running things wasn’t… really for him. He preferred practicing, without the extra paperwork. Or maybe medical research. The medical lab had always been a favorite for him. But he didn’t want to disappoint the Captain so he was hesitant to say anything. “Were there any other medical concerns…?” He asked, a bit awkwardly.
~ Lt Semenza, CMO
El-Aurian empathy was a strange thing. It was picked up from the voice of the speaker - hence being ‘a race of listeners.’ Rende sensed a little bit of restlessness, unfulfillment. Not so odd, to want more or something different. “No nothing for me. Though we haven’t gotten to introduce ourselves. It’s been quite busy since you arrived. How did you end up in Star Fleet Medical?”
Rende
Semenza pulled up a stool and sat on it. “I had a friend in medical school who was training to go on to Starfleet. I had become fascinated by alien culture and I wished to get out there and meet some of them. My undergrad degree is in anthropology, the study of human culture. But I’m a bit of a zenoanthropologist, too. Might go back to school for it at some point.” He shook his head. “But I am rambling, am I not? Since I was already doing medical training, and I did want to be a doctor, it wasn’t a stretch to jump into Starfleet medical academy.” Jericho, though he rarely mentioned it, was also a writer by hobby. And since making CMO, he really hadn’t had time to work on his novel at all. It felt like he was choosing one interest over the others, and ended up not being all that… happy with it. Why did he have to be so indecisive? But he had always been that way. He only chose medicine in high school, and before that, he’d been unfocused and lazy, without a clue what he wanted to fill his life with.
~ Lt Semenza, CMO
“Alien cultures are a passion of mine. At some point I did get an undergrad in archeology. However it is now so far out of date to be obsolete. I have found that having the degree has provided valuable insight into many aspects of first contact and diplomatic situations. Do you find it to be so with medicine?”
Rende, CO
“It makes it easier to understand why a specific patient might deny a specific treatment and if necessary, how I might go about convincing them to take it. It also makes it easier to relate to even the most difficult of patients. Everyone liked to know you know at least something of their people.” Semenza replied. “Vulcans are known to avoid treatment until they think it will affect their ability to do their job. If I can phrase what I think they need in a logical way that sounds more efficient than waiting until a problem becomes a major problem, maybe I can get them to agree.”
~ Lt Semenza, CMO
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