If you've seen every episode of "Gray Anatomy" (as of February 8, 2018, there are 305, including 5 specials), you might think that you know all about the hospital. Oops, you might even think of yourself as a medical expert.
"Gray's Anatomy" may not be an accurate assessment of real hospital life. (Source: Frazer Harrison / Getty Images Entertainment / GettyImages) But before you walk into the hospital and start blaming all the doctors and nurses, you may want to spend some time - because of the new The study found that, surprisingly, the TV version produced by the medical world is still not very accurate. Who would have thought of it!
According to a study published in the Journal of Trauma Surgery and Emergency Care, people who watch medical programs such as "Gray Anatomy" may not be concerned about the daily events and activities of local hospital patients and staff. The actual view. "This goes far beyond the doctors who don't look like McDreamy and McSteamy. (Sigh.)
"Research author Dr. Jordan Weinberg explains: "Patience satisfaction is the most important. It has become A measure of quality. “If there is a real gap between [expectation and reality], then this will make it a relatively poor experience for patients, and for those who are trying to take care of this. For nurses and doctors, this will shift to a bad experience.
The Injured Medical Director of the St. Joseph Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix, together with his team, screened 269 epidemiological medical dramas. They focused on visiting Seattle Grace/Grace at the show. 290 fictional trauma patients at the Memorial Hospital recorded data from demographics and admission patterns to length of hospital stay, severity of injury and final outcomes. They then obtained these data with the National Trauma Database. The patient data in real life is compared.
The TV version of hospital life is more dramatic than real life, incredibly glamorous. Why do we use other methods? All this is all about entertainment. Related to escapism.
So the biggestWhat is the difference? First, fictional hospital patients are more likely to be female (40% vs. 30%) than younger patients (34 vs 41). Obviously, watching a young woman swallow a bomb (yes, this is a true plot line) is more interesting than a middle-aged man.
Recovery time is also completely shut down: TV patients are more likely to be discharged from the hospital at a faster rate (severely injured "Gray" patients spend less than a week in the hospital, compared to only 20% in real life ). The program’s mortality rate was also much higher, with 22% of fictional patients dying, compared with 7% in the control group. Phew!
"Although realism is an integral part of the success of contemporary workplace TV dramas, whether in the hospital or the police department, dramatic effects require attention to special rather than trivial," research interpretation.
Therefore, American TV medical dramas often rely on storylines characterized by rare diseases, strange manifestations of common diseases, dreamy and/or quirky injuries and mass casualties, all in a typical "Reality" in American hospitals. "
However, this is not to say that the performance like "Gray's anatomy" makes everything wrong. Weinberg did not see the drama before the study, he admitted Their description of hospital life has many reasons, probably because producers hire “doctor consultation” to maintain certain accuracy.
[Finally, he didn't ask you to stop the carnival - watch the show - just don't think about it based on your medical care. "We don't see 'Gray's anatomy' being educated. We see it for entertainment value," he said. "Under the constraints of what they are trying to do, it is good for people. They actually do very well."
So the next time you walk into the hospital, please remember that your actual experience may not be It will be like the plot line in the show. You may have to wait a while to see a doctor. He may not be like Patrick Dempsey or Ellen Pompeo, but at least you are not there because of your own feet. And, yes, this also happens in the show.
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What do you think?
You areAre you surprised that "Gray's Anatomy" is not a portrayal of hospital life? Is there any danger in seeing medical drama? What other TV shows may distort their theme?
