Examiner

That evening, when we sat around the dinner table and had a few glasses of champagne, the air seemed cool down a bit, and we could devote ourselves to some less colorful discussions.

"You know, we do not have enough examiner for the membership examination." Our man from Pluto said.

"Quite so. In fact, we have even fewer examiner doing the annual and exit examination for the College." I murmured at the other side of the table.

"Indeed ..." JW was sitting next to me and looked curious.

"The College examination is now almost entirely conducted by consultants of peripheral hospitals. There is hardly any academic staff from the two medical schools sitting there. That's understandable: The examination takes quite a bit of time and is rather boring. I don't see any reason why a university professor would like to do it." I explained.

"There's in fact no reason why any one should have the incentive to become an examiner," LY, sitting at the other side of JW, added, "If a candidate passes, he would take the credit. But if he fails, the blame would go to the examiner. What a easy way to create antibody ! If you fail one candidate each time and do the examination twice a year, throughout the whole of the 25-years of your professional life, you would have 50 die-hard enemies in this profession - many of them may have take some senior positions. Just imagine the result !"