Exchanges for Making Mutual Progress and Rekindling Our Friendship

国际脊柱专家Schnake教授到访深圳市第二人民医院担任客座教授一周。Schnake教授是德国Malteser圣玛丽森林医院跨学科脊柱及侧弯治疗中心主任、德国脊柱学会(DWG)2026年候任主席。在周一的欢迎仪式上，深圳市第二人民医院曾晖书记、杨雷副院长、脊柱外科主任颜滨教授、脊柱外科团队以及医院其他医护技术骨干等出席会议，对远道而来的Schnake教授表示热烈的欢迎，并共同举办了“中德脊柱外科交流中心揭牌仪式”。曾书记在会上表示这是一次难得的学习机会，希望Schnake教授不吝赐教指导，提出宝贵的意见和建议。希望脊柱外科团队用心听讲、细心学习，积极与教授互动交流，提高该院脊柱外科医疗技术水平和临床教学科研能力。这一周Schnake教授通过手术指导、病例讨论、学术讲座等多种互动形式，分享了其临床、教学、科研、管理的宝贵经验。一周的行程丰富多彩，学术交流环节涵盖了各类脊柱外科领域的热点话题，如：前路手术、机器人手术、骨质疏松性骨折以及成人退行性脊柱侧弯等。在非学术交流环节，教授特别分享了他在脊柱科室管理、人才培养的经验。他认为一个科室需要有清晰的使命与愿景，如果不知道你的目的地在哪，你将永远无法到达！他们科室就有在国际声誉、临床专长、国内/国际认证、科研、内部培训、员工满意度等几个维度去制定具体的科室目标，而这些目标均是由科室的医生、护士共同确认，这样就保证一个团队能为共同的目标一起努力。同时，制定规矩也非常重要，一个团队中每个成员需要有平等的沟通权利；要有作为医生的道德感，要有成为大家的榜样的意识；团队里的每个决定需要清楚且透明；要及时给予有效反馈。这些规矩是他们科室每一个人都需要遵守的。他也认为医生是一个需要终生学习的职业，特别是对于年轻医生来说边做边学是不足够的，他鼓励医生们多通过网上课程、加入国内或国际学会、到不同医院进修培训等多途径去不断学习、增长见识。通过一周的交流，来自埃尔朗根-纽伦堡的Schnake教授与来自深圳的颜滨主任的团队均收获颇多。自1997年深圳与纽伦堡结为友好城市，双方渊源早已结下，希望中德双方未来有更多的交流机会，再叙友谊！

From June 24th to June 28th, the internationally renowned spine expert Dr. Schnake, Head of Center for Spinal and Scoliosis Therapy, Malteser Waldkrankenhaus St. Marien, Erlangen, Germany, and President-elect of the German Spine Society (DWG) 2026, visited Shenzhen Second People's Hospital for a week as a visiting professor. Party Secretary ZENG Hui, Vice President YANG Lei, Director of Dept. Of Spine Surgery Prof. YAN Bin, the spine surgery team and other medical staff of Shenzhen Second People's Hospital attended the welcome ceremony on Monday, giving a warmly welcome to Dr. Schnake, and jointly holding the unveiling ceremony for the "Sino-German Communication Center for Spine Surgery”.Secretary Zeng said at the meeting that it was a rare learning opportunity, and hoped that Dr. Schnake would be so kind to offer his valuable advice and suggestions, and that the spine surgery team would listen attentively, study carefully, and interact actively with Dr. Schnake so as to improve the treatment level of spine surgery and clinical teaching and research ability of the hospital. During the week, Dr. Schnake shared his valuable experience in clinical, teaching, scientific research and management through diverse forms of interaction, such as surgical guidance, case discussion, academic lectures. The one-week visit contains a wide variety of activities. The academic exchange sessions covered various hot topics in the field of spine surgery, such as: anterior surgery, robotic surgery, osteoporotic fracture, and adult degenerative scoliosis, etc. In the non-academic exchange session, Dr. Schnake shared his experience in spine department management and talent training. He shared that a department needs to have a clear mission and vision, and if you do not know where you want to go you will never arrive!For example, their department has set specific goals with respect to its international reputation, clinical expertise, national/international certification, research, internal training, employee satisfaction, etc. These goals are all confirmed by the doctors and nurses in the department, which ensures that the team can work together for common goals. At the same time, it is also very important to set the rules, every member of the team should communicate clearly and respectfully, and should have a sense of morality as a doctor and be aware of your position as role model; decisions in the team should be explained and transparent; feedback should be given timely, both constructive and empowering. These are the rules that everyone in their department should follow. He also shared that doctor is a profession that requires lifelong learning, and that learning by doing is not enough, especially for young doctors, so he encourages them to continue to learn new knowledge and grow through a variety of ways, such as taking online courses, joining national or international societies, and visiting different hospitals for further training. During the week-long exchange, Dr. Schnake from Erlangen-Nuremberg and Dr. YAN Bin's team from Shenzhen both gained a lot.Since 1997, Shenzhen and Nuremberg have been sister cities, the two sides already have a history of this relationship.We hope that there will be more opportunities for exchanges between China and Germany in the future, so that the two sides could rekindle their friendship!