MedPage Today January 3, 2026
Why some people choose careers that haunt them
I recently broke down and watched the first season of “The Pitt.” It won the Emmy, after all, and is now cropping up on 2025’s “best of” lists. And, after hearing from a dozen colleagues how realistic it was, I was genuinely curious as a seasoned emergency medicine physician.
“The Pitt” is, indeed, realistic. Or rather, it realistically compresses about a decade of my career into one shift. The cases are entertaining, and the snappy dialogue is fun. (As an aside, if anyone from Central Casting is reading this, I’d love to play a clipboard-wielding administrator in future episodes.) Plus, the show is so wildly popular it’s shifting the zeitgeist of emergency...
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