Heres my criticisms of the shows (and yes im still an undergrad, but I have a MSIII sister and an anesthesiologist father and they harbor my sentiments)
An overarching problem I see in TV is Drs on shows doing things theyre not qualified or trained for.
Greys: Obviously the lifestyle of a surgery intern will be nothing like this. Thats the main crit. I have. Also when they cut Denny's wire, none of the 5 interns had any idea about medications, or what do here and there. And when Meredith died, in the ER you had a neurosurg, an OB/gyn and some surgery residents doing stuff that obviously ER guys would do.
Realism 3/10 Entertainment 5/10 Chick Factor 10/10
House: This show is more entertaining than Greys bc its less of a soap opera. The CSI medicine they perform (going to houses, etc) is obviously over the top and one i was watching last night had the allergist removing ovarian cysts. This show is the most blatant violator of stay in your domain. And plus every case they have is a zebra.
Realism 4/10 Entertainment 9/10 Chick factor 7/10
Scrubs: This show gets the issues- dealing with death, dealing with attendings, the stresses, etc and obviously shows them in a humorous light. I think because they generally avoid the dramatic "clear! blood!" and stick to residency issues (and the prodding between specialties) it is the clear winner.
Realism 8/10 Entertainment 10/10 Chick factor 8/10
I dont watch ER.
I agree with you to a certain extent, however you have to rate the shows on how "medically" relevant they are..
-Grey's anatomy- Medically relevant many times however the interns have committed several incidents in which if real life interns were to commit they would loose their jobs!
The thing with Denny, if that would've been in real life I guarantee the hospital would have taken some legal precautions that would have left the interns liable for his death and on top of this they would have lost their jobs and possibly making it next to impossible to get another residency position.
Thus making Grey's anatomy completely unrealistic in the liability aspects of medicine.
-House- Although many times they completely exaggerate and blow minor things out of proportion they do reflect a certain medical relevancy that's "serious" to a certain extent.
I mean what is up with a Neurologist (Not a Neuro-Surgeon) performing Nero-Surgery??? Thats not possible, yet on House it happens.
How do all of Houses subordinates enable themselves with the capability of committing anything having to do with surgery if none have ever completed a day of surgical residency? It's simply not possible.
House is more of an entertainment show trying to embrace the seriousness of medicine through the use of unorthodox methods.
However there are times that medical relevancy on House rates an 8/10, but many times they take something as simple as a cold or a sneeze and exaggerate it by taking it to the next level..
For example, the symptoms of a cold and nothing more would be completely taken and blown out of proportion and converted into the possibility that these are not only symptoms of a cold but of a "deadly" disease/virus...
I still like house though...
