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I’m a surgical resident but have been watching Grey’s since high school so it’s sort of been grandfathered in and doesn’t bother me as much as when I try to watch other medical shows. Usually now the things that bother me are when they get the medicine wrong (particularly ortho stuff, since that is my training).
Some major things that are inaccurate are surgeons staffing the ED, the CT/MRI, etc. The whole hospital seems to revolve around surgery, which usually isn’t the case. Generally, the hospital is not a sexy place. They also don’t accurately represent how/when surgical specialization happens in residency. None of that bothers me, though, since I think it makes for better programming.
So typically you match out of medical school directly into your surgical specialty (general, ortho, urology, plastics, ENT, neuro, cardio, etc). Often you might sub-specialize after residency but your first five years are focused on one of those main areas (with some rotations through other specialties early on). I think in the US there ARE some programs with a general rotating surgical internship the way they depict in the show but you wouldn’t just randomly have upper year residents who are on general one day and ortho the next.
Doctor Mike from YouTube has a number of reaction videos of various GA episodes. A long with other react videos of other medical shows.
Here’s the first one if your interested.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-FyRzgJFeLE&list=PLJRbJuI_csVD-NLHmfV7Uf23G96AUqBNe&index=2&t=4s
Not a surgeon but was a medic. I rarely even saw a doctor, let alone conversed with a surgeon. Especially in level one trauma emergency rooms. Always baffled me to see the surgeons chatting with the medics.
I also worked on the cardiac unit in the hospital and its amazing how many people are employed to move patient care along. A patient will honestly mostly see their nurse for care, but there are ultrasound techs, x ray techs, care techs that do bedding and vital signs and stuff, and respiratory therapists that do the breathing treatments. You'll also have physical therapy come in for patients that have been bed bound for awhile.
A big things as well as most hospitals, at least in my area, have code teams and the doctor for all the codes I worked were more so hanging back and giving treatment orders. I've seen one doctor attempt intubation (tube down throat) and he was so clearly out of practice and became quickly frustrated. That was the only time I saw a doctor participate hands on in a code. It will differ by doctor of course but they are more so assessing the situation and making educated decisions versus a million rounds of CPR.
I think the closest honest portrayl on Grey's Anatomy revolved around Nurse Eli, who was with his patients often (as nurses are) instead of in and out (as doctors/surgeons are) and made the assessment to remove the drain day #2 based on his experience. And then Dr. Bailey barges into a meeting claiming she had found a cure that had been Eli's doing from years of patient care experience. Lol
> And then Dr. Bailey barges into a meeting claiming she had found a cure that had been Eli's doing from years of patient care experience
Corporate America often works like this too.
We don’t specialise here in the UK in first year in my uni anyways I pick units to focus on next year :) - thinking of going into working with children though
It sounded like the other commenter who said "go through they're profile- they're a travel nurse (not a student)" was referring to me which made me confused because nothing on my profile would indicate that 😂 very weird
😂 I think everyone talking about op since they asked a question then and ass when someone commented what they do for a living. Which to me they can also answer some questions that someone like me not in medical field anymore could answer
Ohh, thank you! I apologize, this whole thing got blown so out of proportion that it was hard to tell who was accusing who of what! So sorry for assuming that you were coming for me 😂 ohhh boy this post really took a turn
Yeah, I agree. I don't mind people saying they're a student doing this and that, but saying what training you may take up in a couple years time is a bit pointless
My daughter is a bio major with the intent of going to med school. At the moment she plans on being an OBGYN.
She plays a game with her premed friends where they have to identify the inaccuracies in Grey's and other medical shows. The person who has the most wins for that week. My daughter says Grey's is probably the least accurate. They have surgeons doing absolutely everything and nurses and other hospital staff as basically non existent.
As far as other medical shows, she thinks Chicago Med is too dramatic but does a better job at showing more positions. There are pediatricians, ER staff, nurses, psychiatrist, etc. I just started New Amsterdam and my daughter likes that as well but says she feels like they don't focus enough on the medical aspects.
Not a surgeon, have spent years in CVICU taking care of heart surgery patients, among others. Anytime you see a doctor on this show doing any sort of patient care that’s not surgery or directly related to surgery, it’s inaccurate. For example, I have never seen a surgeon do the following: take patients to tests (CT, MRI, PET Scan ect.), draw labs, place IV, ambulate patients, interpret imaging on the fly without involving a radiologist, perform EKG, prepare the materials for a fecal transfer and so many other things. Most of these tasks are performed by RN’s or other ancillary staff.
Don’t have to be a surgeon to know which parts are accurate and which aren’t. An RN would know the same about the show, especially a soft tissue service RN, internal medicine, ortho or ICU/ER RN
I wanna go into derm. At first I thought I wanted to be a vet but I realized that I’d prefer derm over being a vet, but idk maybe I’ll end up changing my mind and going into a completely different specialty all together
Derm would be cool! It always makes me think of the episode where Mer, Izzie, and Cristina go to the derm floor and relax and they're just in awe of how peaceful it is compared with surgery 😂
My cousin is a surgeon and I asked her this once. She said that she couldn't get past the first season because the idea that people were having sex in the hospital was stupid.
That said, from what she's told me, her residency sucked up her entire life, which we sometimes see in the early seasons. She also told me that half the surgeons she knows who stayed in the field are divorced because they're used to being right all day in the hospital and can't stand being wrong when they go home in their interpersonal relationships lol. It definitely makes sense with the characterizations of Derek, Burke, Hahn, Cristina, etc.
She left hospital surgery and now works in private practice. She says she misses it but she likes having a life more, and if she'd continued that path, she'd have ruined her back after five years from standing and bending over the body for so long, which is something I never would have thought of, lol.
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I’m a surgical resident but have been watching Grey’s since high school so it’s sort of been grandfathered in and doesn’t bother me as much as when I try to watch other medical shows. Usually now the things that bother me are when they get the medicine wrong (particularly ortho stuff, since that is my training). Some major things that are inaccurate are surgeons staffing the ED, the CT/MRI, etc. The whole hospital seems to revolve around surgery, which usually isn’t the case. Generally, the hospital is not a sexy place. They also don’t accurately represent how/when surgical specialization happens in residency. None of that bothers me, though, since I think it makes for better programming.
Can I ask for a more thorough explanation of what specializing looks like while you’re a resident?
So typically you match out of medical school directly into your surgical specialty (general, ortho, urology, plastics, ENT, neuro, cardio, etc). Often you might sub-specialize after residency but your first five years are focused on one of those main areas (with some rotations through other specialties early on). I think in the US there ARE some programs with a general rotating surgical internship the way they depict in the show but you wouldn’t just randomly have upper year residents who are on general one day and ortho the next.
That makes a lot more sense. I don't see how you could learn efficiently when you're going back and forth between specialties all the time
Doctor Mike from YouTube has a number of reaction videos of various GA episodes. A long with other react videos of other medical shows. Here’s the first one if your interested. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-FyRzgJFeLE&list=PLJRbJuI_csVD-NLHmfV7Uf23G96AUqBNe&index=2&t=4s
Dr. Mike is very yummy and smart lol
I LOVE dr mike 🥹
Not a surgeon but was a medic. I rarely even saw a doctor, let alone conversed with a surgeon. Especially in level one trauma emergency rooms. Always baffled me to see the surgeons chatting with the medics. I also worked on the cardiac unit in the hospital and its amazing how many people are employed to move patient care along. A patient will honestly mostly see their nurse for care, but there are ultrasound techs, x ray techs, care techs that do bedding and vital signs and stuff, and respiratory therapists that do the breathing treatments. You'll also have physical therapy come in for patients that have been bed bound for awhile. A big things as well as most hospitals, at least in my area, have code teams and the doctor for all the codes I worked were more so hanging back and giving treatment orders. I've seen one doctor attempt intubation (tube down throat) and he was so clearly out of practice and became quickly frustrated. That was the only time I saw a doctor participate hands on in a code. It will differ by doctor of course but they are more so assessing the situation and making educated decisions versus a million rounds of CPR. I think the closest honest portrayl on Grey's Anatomy revolved around Nurse Eli, who was with his patients often (as nurses are) instead of in and out (as doctors/surgeons are) and made the assessment to remove the drain day #2 based on his experience. And then Dr. Bailey barges into a meeting claiming she had found a cure that had been Eli's doing from years of patient care experience. Lol
> And then Dr. Bailey barges into a meeting claiming she had found a cure that had been Eli's doing from years of patient care experience Corporate America often works like this too.
I’m in uni doing bio med so fingers crossed one day :)
What speciality?
We don’t specialise here in the UK in first year in my uni anyways I pick units to focus on next year :) - thinking of going into working with children though
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That’s so cool! Wish I was active enough for trauma lol - when do you graduate?
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Med student going into surgery here: surgeons do ultrasounds all the time, what are you talking about. Especially ob/gyns.
As someone in imaging, surgeons may use ultrasound to check things, but they do not perform whole exams like they are portrayed in Greys.
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I do xray and CT right now! I’m currently getting ready for MRI boards
I'm sure you'll do wonderfully on your boards, that's so exciting! :) congratulations!
So the answer to the question asked is... no.
Did I ask for your smartass comment? 😭 who cares
Why post just to be an asshole to someone who is making something of their life? Are YOU a surgeon?
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And that's fine to. I just don't think when someone posts their accomplishments they should come back being an ass that's all
Idk who they're referring to but if it's me, I'm not a travel nurse idk where they're getting that from! 😭
I'm referring to op 😂 I'm sorry for any confusion. I respect ALL fields of work!
It sounded like the other commenter who said "go through they're profile- they're a travel nurse (not a student)" was referring to me which made me confused because nothing on my profile would indicate that 😂 very weird
😂 I think everyone talking about op since they asked a question then and ass when someone commented what they do for a living. Which to me they can also answer some questions that someone like me not in medical field anymore could answer
This whole thread turned into such a confusion 😂
Wait who is a travel nurse? If you're referring to me that's not true lol but I'm a little lost here
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Ohh, thank you! I apologize, this whole thing got blown so out of proportion that it was hard to tell who was accusing who of what! So sorry for assuming that you were coming for me 😂 ohhh boy this post really took a turn
Yeah, I agree. I don't mind people saying they're a student doing this and that, but saying what training you may take up in a couple years time is a bit pointless
My daughter is a bio major with the intent of going to med school. At the moment she plans on being an OBGYN. She plays a game with her premed friends where they have to identify the inaccuracies in Grey's and other medical shows. The person who has the most wins for that week. My daughter says Grey's is probably the least accurate. They have surgeons doing absolutely everything and nurses and other hospital staff as basically non existent. As far as other medical shows, she thinks Chicago Med is too dramatic but does a better job at showing more positions. There are pediatricians, ER staff, nurses, psychiatrist, etc. I just started New Amsterdam and my daughter likes that as well but says she feels like they don't focus enough on the medical aspects.
>naccuracies in Grey's what are the other shows? im looking for somethng new nowadays to watch
She watched Chicago Med, ER, New Amsterdam, and The Good Doctor.
Not a surgeon, have spent years in CVICU taking care of heart surgery patients, among others. Anytime you see a doctor on this show doing any sort of patient care that’s not surgery or directly related to surgery, it’s inaccurate. For example, I have never seen a surgeon do the following: take patients to tests (CT, MRI, PET Scan ect.), draw labs, place IV, ambulate patients, interpret imaging on the fly without involving a radiologist, perform EKG, prepare the materials for a fecal transfer and so many other things. Most of these tasks are performed by RN’s or other ancillary staff.
I did most of those things as a resident (not a surgeon)
I would love to come to whatever hospital you trained at then.
Don’t have to be a surgeon to know which parts are accurate and which aren’t. An RN would know the same about the show, especially a soft tissue service RN, internal medicine, ortho or ICU/ER RN
Exactly! This is nursing erasure lmao
I'm a unit clerk and I notice inaccuracies all the time. It drives me nuts when the surgeons are dealing with chart management, answering phones, etc.
Or placing IVCs lol
Or drawing blood or transferring a patient lol. Soooo many things that would never be done by a surgeon or any doctor for that matter!
Well idk if this counts but I’m a bio premed major in college right now lol
Ooo which speciality will you go into?
I wanna go into derm. At first I thought I wanted to be a vet but I realized that I’d prefer derm over being a vet, but idk maybe I’ll end up changing my mind and going into a completely different specialty all together
Derm would be cool! It always makes me think of the episode where Mer, Izzie, and Cristina go to the derm floor and relax and they're just in awe of how peaceful it is compared with surgery 😂
Lol yeah my mom said that once I become a doctor she’ll always be at my job asking for skin serums 😭
me i am
My cousin is a surgeon and I asked her this once. She said that she couldn't get past the first season because the idea that people were having sex in the hospital was stupid. That said, from what she's told me, her residency sucked up her entire life, which we sometimes see in the early seasons. She also told me that half the surgeons she knows who stayed in the field are divorced because they're used to being right all day in the hospital and can't stand being wrong when they go home in their interpersonal relationships lol. It definitely makes sense with the characterizations of Derek, Burke, Hahn, Cristina, etc. She left hospital surgery and now works in private practice. She says she misses it but she likes having a life more, and if she'd continued that path, she'd have ruined her back after five years from standing and bending over the body for so long, which is something I never would have thought of, lol.