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Docs Dating Docs
Meredith and Derek playing in the bathtub...Cristina jumping in the hospital bed with Preston...and George...well, George and Callie -- who knows?
Most of the interns on Grey's Anatomy are fooling around with one of their attending physicians. Does that really happen?
Believe or not, doctors are people too. When you're around someone practically every waking hour of the day, it's bound to happen. Just not as openly as on Grey's. But the plotline would come to a standstill if they always had to do it in the broom closet.
First, let's clear up the difference between an intern, a resident, and an attending. Interns have just graduated from medical school and are now doctors. They're fresh meat -- so to speak -- and low man on the totem pole.
An intern becomes a resident after one year of internship. Residency can last two or more years depending on the area of specialty. But once residency is done they're the big doc on campus and become attendings.
So the issue is that attendings -- and even residents -- hold a lot of authority over interns. And just the way that it's frowned upon for employees to fool around with their boss, the same thing generally holds true for docs in training.
That's why it's usually much more clandestine than on Grey's -- or ER or any other medical TV show.
But as we all know too well, reality can be even racier than TV.
Dr. Brunilda Nazario, WebMD's senior medical editor, remembers this "situation" when she was a resident:
WebMD medical editor, Dr. Louise Chang, says:
Like I said, docs are people too.
Technorati Tags: Grey's Anatomy, medical intern, resident physician, attending physician
Most of the interns on Grey's Anatomy are fooling around with one of their attending physicians. Does that really happen?
Believe or not, doctors are people too. When you're around someone practically every waking hour of the day, it's bound to happen. Just not as openly as on Grey's. But the plotline would come to a standstill if they always had to do it in the broom closet.
First, let's clear up the difference between an intern, a resident, and an attending. Interns have just graduated from medical school and are now doctors. They're fresh meat -- so to speak -- and low man on the totem pole.
An intern becomes a resident after one year of internship. Residency can last two or more years depending on the area of specialty. But once residency is done they're the big doc on campus and become attendings.
So the issue is that attendings -- and even residents -- hold a lot of authority over interns. And just the way that it's frowned upon for employees to fool around with their boss, the same thing generally holds true for docs in training.
That's why it's usually much more clandestine than on Grey's -- or ER or any other medical TV show.
But as we all know too well, reality can be even racier than TV.
Dr. Brunilda Nazario, WebMD's senior medical editor, remembers this "situation" when she was a resident:
"One attending I knew dated and married his intern. Both were married at the time. They tried to keep it a secret but everyone knew about it. They divorced their spouses and are still married today."
"But as an intern, she suffered academically. When the two did surgical procedures together, many people questioned why she deserved some cases she got. When she got into a fellowship program, he was the director of the program. She works as an attending in a program he heads and she continues to be frowned on."
WebMD medical editor, Dr. Louise Chang, says:
"It happens, but dating between interns and attendings is not considered professional. It's generally kept under wraps."
Like I said, docs are people too.
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