Dr. Chinye Azuh Discusses The Most Memorable and Best Medical Television Shows of All Time!

 

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My name is Dr. Chinye Azuh, I am a medical doctor, in my off time I write a blogs which I’m happy to share with you all. The blogs range from medical information to medical arts. Feel free to tell me what topics you would like to see.

This season’s theme is one for interviews. Occasionally, I like to break from the strict medical and delve into the medical arts.  In this post, I sit down with my colleague Dr. Robert to get his take on memorable medical shows, see below for this fantastic interview!

Dr. Chinye Azuh: Dr. Robert, I am glad to have you with us. To those who do not know, Dr. Robert is a fantastic physician with a true love and passion for his patients.  He practices Internal medicine. What people don’t know about him, is he is quite the movie buff and also enjoys a good medical show.  

Dr Robert: That is correct Dr. Chinye Azuh I’m glad to be joining you for this medical creative arts blog post.

Dr. Chinye Azuh: In your opinion what do you think are the most influential medical shows out there, to you at least.

Dr Robert: Wow, that is a tough question.

Dr. Chinye Azuh: Absolutely. Just off the top of my head I can name, ER which most famously starred George Clooney and Julianna Margulies. There’s Greys Anatomy, Scrubs, The Resident, Amsterdam, and the list goes on and on.

Dr Robert: So, I feel like a distinction can be made between popularity and influential. Influence is unique for each person. I was a big fan of Scrubs. I watched ER, but I do not think that show influenced me as much as scrubs did. A show like ER might have been influential for people who enjoyed a fast-paced work environment dealing with complex medical cases. I feel like the show Scrubs focused a bit on how the health profession could shape someone. In scrubs on the first day of a main character’s internship, you could see he was a bit nervous. It showed his progression which was interesting. It was not necessarily realistic, however.

Dr. Chinye Azuh: So, I know people absolutely adore the television show Scrubs. Some people have watched all the seasons twice. What is it about Scrubs people like?

Dr Robert: I think it is because it told the personal stories of the characters a bit more and not necessarily from a medical aspect. The show kept it real as much as possible. Let us not forget that the comedy was great. I also think another interesting medical show would be House. The show House was less comedic. It was interesting from a diagnosis standpoint but not overly realistic.  Each physician on that show had multiple specialized roles. For example, the same doctor would be the hematologists, oncologist, internists, ob-gyn, surgeon, and radiologist.  They were kind of everything all at once.

Dr. Chinye Azuh: Was there anything memorable from the show House you felt was incredulous or unrealistic?

Dr Robert: Yes, I remember an episode where the shows doctors suspected their patient had been unknowingly poisoned.  On the episode, they entered that person’s house to search for that toxic substance. So many things were going on that just would not happen in real life.

Dr. Chinye Azuh: Grey's Anatomy was another popular medical show that has lasted a long time.

Dr Robert: Grey's Anatomy was very Avant guard in terms of pushing the boundaries. They touched on medical and social issues that were going on in society.  We got to see a lot of personal stories of the characters lives but with much embellishment. I suppose it’s the dramatization of TV in general as shows need to be engaging enough to maintain viewership. I will credit these medical shows for showing a broad range of diversity of individuals in the medical field from all walks of life, ages, backgrounds, and experiences.

Dr. Chinye Azuh: Well, this has been a highly enjoyable topic in the medical arts. Glad to have you with us today.

Dr Robert: Likewise, you all take care.