"Noah Wyle is America's doctor. From his first days playing the hapless medical student John Carter on "E.R." to his current role of elder emergency-room statesman on "The Pitt," he has represented our ideal physician: compassionate, wry, and soulfully dreamy. But what do real doctors think of him-and of his hit series, which returned last night for its second season? In a new piece today, the physician and New Yorker contributing writer Dhruv Khullar shares what the show has taught him about his job. We spoke recently about what he looks for in a TV show about medicine."
""The Pitt" is one of the more realistic medical shows I've seen, but where it really excels is in capturing what it feels like to practice medicine today. There's this ever-present awareness that the system is broken and the work is endless, and yet there are moments of deep humanity to be found. Those moments are why many of us went into medicine."
Noah Wyle has portrayed an ideal physician through roles from a hapless medical student to an elder emergency-room statesman. The Pitt captures what it feels like to practice medicine today. The show conveys an ever-present awareness that the system is broken and the work is endless. The series highlights moments of deep humanity that sustain clinicians. Effective medical dramas prioritize the human aspects of caregiving over strict technical accuracy. Viewers gain appreciation for patients' emotional and logistical challenges. The show illuminates the great lengths health-care workers go to keep the system running. That realism is an achievement.
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