Although the doctors at the Imperial Hospital are very busy, a large part of the reason is the establishment of the Imperial Medical Department. If it were just about diagnosing patients and studying medical texts, it wouldn't actually be that busy, after all, there are only that many patients.
In the past, they often went out for consultations.
But since the establishment of the Imperial Medical Department, they rarely accept outside consultations anymore.
Because they are too busy, not only do they have to teach and prepare lessons, but they also have to compile medical texts. So when they are extremely busy, the medical assistants are actually not that busy.
Not only are they not busy, but also there isn't much to learn in the palace, unless they have a mentor like Zhou Man who teaches them everything.
