Nowadays, there are lots of TV programs you can watch about medicine, criminal investigations and such. I have gotten a hold of two seasons of one show I cannot get enough of, and that is, Grey’s Anatomy. It sheds some light on doctors, more specifically, surgeons, as people. Most of the time, patients see doctors as gods, and when their doctors prove to be human beings like them, they become disappointed and upset. The program shows how tough the medical field is, actually, tougher than it already looks. We are able to see how hard it is to balance the work for finding the cure for the illnesses of the patients, and the cure for the doctor’s own distractions.

You do not only learn millions of medical terms and procedures from watching the show, but you also learn lots of life’s lessons. Each operation, examination, successful surgery and bump on the medical road can easily be compared to real situations in life. Other than that, it also shows us the different kinds of people in our world in the characters of the interns, residents, attending surgeons, patients and their families.

I do not believe in the Third Person effect. I know the media is very influential and I admit that I have recently been falling weak for the media’s firm grip. I actually find myself wanting to be surgeon walking the corridors of Seattle Grace Hospital while watching the show. Here I see media taking control over me, but thankfully, I always remember to get my head out of the clouds and come back to reality. Media plays a big part in making us see reality. Although it often shows us what we have been missing in fantasy land, it also shows us what is real, in the same percent of the time it shows us fantasy.