What is the most medically accurate show?

  • Medical professionals panned "Grey's Anatomy" as being extremely inaccurate, though entertaining. ...
  • The doctors Insider spoke to unanimously loved "Scrubs" and its surprisingly realistic portrayal of life as a young doctor. ...
  • "House" came out on top as the experts' top choice for the most medically accurate show.
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What is the most successful medical drama?

And, with 332 episodes over 15 seasons, Grey's Anatomy has officially surpassed ER as the longest-running primetime medical drama ever. Below, we've compiled a few of the most impactful medical dramas in TV history so you can rank your favorites.
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Why is Scrubs the most medically accurate show?

In fact, Lawrence says, nearly every medical scenario on the show has originated with a real-life situation, tweaked a little bit for drama and the constraints of half-hour comedy. Each year, he assigns his writers to interview five doctors and report back with story ideas.
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Is Scrubs more accurate than GREY's anatomy?

However, when real doctors weighed in on the most and least realistic medical shows, Scrubs got high marks for accuracy. Meanwhile, fan-favorite medical drama Grey's Anatomy was accused of being incredibly fake.
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Is GREY's Anatomy medically correct?

Is 'Grey's Anatomy' accurate? For the most part, yes. As Dr. Remien pointed out, the majority of the cases are medically accurate, but that's only because the show doesn't go into very much detail.
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Is Chicago Med better than GREY's anatomy?

Likewise, according to Insider, medical experts who rated TV dramas for medical accuracy gave "Grey's Anatomy" a score of 4 out of 10, while "Chicago Med" netted an impressive 7 out of 10.
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Why is GREY's Anatomy so inaccurate?

It may be one of the most well-known medical shows on TV, but Grey's is the least accurate when it comes to hospital life. There are the frequent sexcapades in hospital closets, interns performing surgeries and bypassing hospital superiors, and residents routinely making egregious mistakes without repercussions.
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How medically accurate is The Good Doctor?

"The Good Doctor," like other medical dramas, isn't always accurate about actual hospital procedures, but it has to depict surgeries and gruesome injuries in a realistic way or it wouldn't feel believable. This is where visual effects company MastersFX comes in.
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Is Dr House medically accurate?

"House" came out on top as the experts' top choice for the most medically accurate show. Medical sleuth and misanthrope Dr. Gregory House studies puzzling symptoms and delivers shocking diagnoses on the Fox medical drama "House."
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Are Chicago Med real doctors?

They've had a cameo from a real neurosurgeon on "Chicago Med," but naturally all of the surgeons and medical staff on the show are played by actors, not trained medical professionals.
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Are hospitals like GREY's anatomy?

A real hospital is used for some scenes.

The Veterans Administration Sepulveda Ambulatory Care Center in California serves as the entrance for Grey Sloan Memorial, according to Los Angeles Magazine. But the interior shots are done on a soundstage at Loz Feliz's Prospect Studios, according to the outlet.
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Why GREY's Anatomy is the best show?

It has well rounded characters, unique and interesting storylines, amazing actors and actresses, awesome music and good direction. The show teaches us all lessons and brings out emotion that no other show is able to do. My hope is that “Grey's Anatomy” will run forever.
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Is New Amsterdam accurate?

The show is based on the experiences of a former medical supervisor at New York CIty's Bellevue Hospital. Just like the hospital is of New Amsterdam is based on the real-life Bellevue, the show's main character, Dr. Goodwin, is based on Bellevue's former medical supervisor, Dr. Eric Manheimer.
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What is the best doctor show on TV?

Best TV Medical Drama Series, Ranked
  1. 1 House (2004 - 2012)
  2. 2 The Knick (2014 - 2015) ...
  3. 3 Call The Midwife (2012 -) ...
  4. 4 M*A*S*H (1972 - 1983) ...
  5. 5 Scrubs (2001 - 2010) ...
  6. 6 The Good Doctor (2017 -) ...
  7. 7 ER (1994 - 2009) ...
  8. 8 Grey's Anatomy (2005 -) ...
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Is GREY's Anatomy the most popular medical show?

While Grey's Anatomy may be the most popular medical drama on television, there are many others out there that came before, during, and after this genre-defying series.
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How accurate is Royal Pains?

For #12 we have "Royal Pains." The medical accuracy is just out of this world. It's almost like they're functioning like an ER specialist, family medicine doctor, interventional cardiologist, toxicologist. It's like they're superhuman. He didn't even look at her eyes.
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Is ER a good show?

ER is packed with great characters, but more importantly, it's packed with great dynamics between those characters. Some of them get along. Some of them don't. Their relationships grow and change, and their professional goals grow and change, and the hospital stays the same.
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How do they fake surgeries on TV?

Most of the time, they would use a partition, and just merge two shots, one of a fake, and one of the real together, as a composite.
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Does Shaun Murphy have autism in real life?

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The Good Doctor stars actor Freddie Highmore as Dr. Shaun Murphy, a surgical resident with autism. In real life, Freddie does not have autism. Freddie does lots of research and works closely with an autism consultant to help him with his role.
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Are the surgeries in GREY's Anatomy realistic?

The organs and fake blood are made from some pretty nasty materials. To make the surgeries look real, Sarah Drew, who played April Kepner on the series, said that they use cow organs and fake blood made up of chicken fat and red gelatin. "The smell is repulsive and makes us all gag," she said, according to RTE.
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Can you learn medicine from GREY's anatomy?

One of the other things fans have learned on the show is the different specialties. Grey's Anatomy has allowed fans to discover there were more branches in medicine than general, neurology, cardiology, and OB/GYN. There are two types of specialty groups: those that are surgical and those that are medical.
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Who is the real nurse on GREY's anatomy?

Bokhee An, also known by her American name of Kathy C. An, is a professional scrub nurse cum actress, who is best known for appearing in every single season of Grey's Anatomy as an actual scrub nurse.
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What show is better than Greys anatomy?

Scrubs (Amazon Prime)

For fans of Grey's Anatomy, Scrubs shares a similar medical setting to that series, focusing in on the lives of doctors and surgeons and nurses, but Scrubs is way funnier. It's one of the best TV comedies out there, in my opinion.
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