Why I Love Scrubs
I am retired from clinical medicine. I am taking a few months off to figure what I want to do next. For some reason I started watching Scrubs on Hulu. Holy crap. First, I forgot how funny it was. It came out while we were publishing the Placebo Journal so I am sure I didn’t watch it then out of jealousy. It is hilarious. Second, it is spot on. Yes, they skip a lot of things that go on in medicine. They have too. I have learned how 20 minute shows cannot be 100% accurate and need to abbreviate things. That being said, they really get a lot of it right. Third, it is so politically incorrect that it could not be made in today’s bullish%t cancel culture climate. And that is so sad. They have a diverse ethnic cast that was in their favor but their jokes about race, sexism, harassment, privilege, killing patients, GOMERS and even the PC cultures would ALL off the table today. In fact, I predict they will remove episodes in the future due to content and the idiots who can’t take a joke. I highly recommend you watch it before that happens. I just finished the third season and I actually miss practicing medicine. Maybe.
Absolutely LOVE the show and agree that it would never be made today. I’m sure it was intentional, but I still cringe every time the CXR goes up backwards in the title sequence.
The first day of internship when JD goes through all the angst of the proper dose of Tylenol was …
… almost precisely my first day of internship. Hilarious.
I can’t get around to watching any medical TV…The last I remember ever watching was “Medical Center” at the beginning of my career! I loved “Ben Casey,” “Medic,” and ‘Dr. Kildare” as a kid. Since I dream about working almost every single night (six years after retiring!) I don’t want to reinforce by watching medicine when I’m awake!! (So I occasionally watch Westerns, science fiction, and noir!)
Back when I was practicing at the local medical school and leading a small medical student discussion group we unanimously agreed that Scrubs was much more realistic than Grey’s Anatomy in portraying medical care.
YES!!! I’m actually re-watching right now too! FYI, it’s also available on Amazon Prime, for those of you who have that but not Hulu….