This TikToker Spurred A Conversation Around Best Medical Practices After Recording Her Doctor Watching A YouTube Video About Her Case
Imagine going to the hospital and, after speaking with a doctor, you see them googling or watching videos on the internet regarding your case. Would this make you lose confidence in their abilities?
Well, this recently happened to a woman who shared a now-viral video of her experience on TikTok.
She visited the hospital regarding a cyst and, after speaking to the medical team, witnessed her doctor watching a YouTube video.
“Not the doctor looking up a YouTube video on how to heal my cyst. Got their MD at YouTube university,” the woman captioned her video. One clip also shows the woman looking at her doctor in dismay.
TikTok; pictured above is this woman in her video
Her TikTok video has since reached over 5.3 million people and gained over seven hundred and sixty-five thousand likes. Although, the comment section might not be what you would expect.
Rather than discrediting the doctor, many commenters actually took offense to the TikToker’s allegations.
They defended the doctor for staying up-to-date on medical information and praised her practice as commonplace.
“Med student here! Doctors double-check things all the time. There is a LOT of information out there to refresh on,” commented one user.
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TikTok; pictured above is the doctor
“I am a nurse, and doctors do this all of the time. I promise that you want this doctor over the doctor who thinks he knows it all but doesn’t,” added a second user.
“This is actually what being a physician is– having the knowledge to know what to look up and apply it in your practice,” wrote a third user.
Due to countless other comments like these, the TikToker felt inclined to make a statement regarding her video.
“For the last time, I appreciate all doctors and nurses. I understand that they are not walking encyclopedias. This TikTok was just a joke!!” the TikToker wrote in a pinned comment.
“I am glad she refreshed her memory and helped me the whole time! My friend and I were just laughing that this was happening in front of us,” the TikToker added.
Since then, the woman did post a follow-up on TikTok after she ended up in the hospital again. This time, she jokingly blamed karma.
TikTok; pictured above are her comments
“Karma from my last video. Back at my favorite place,” the woman wrote over a clip of herself lying in a hospital bed.
To watch the original TikTok video, visit the link here.
@isabellely6 got their MD at YouTube university #MakeItCinematic #fyp #GameTok
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