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ResourceHot Tub Bacteria Soup
An infectious disease physician interrupts a man relaxing in a hot tub to warn him that he is soaking in bacteria and predict an …
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ResourceOccupational Therapist Goes Home for the Holidays
An occupational therapist visiting family for the holidays cannot switch off a home safety assessment, turning Christmas into a hunt …
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ResourceRural Medicine Transfers a Patient
A rural clinician tries to transfer an older patient who needs gallbladder surgery and meets disbelief from the receiving surgeon. …
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ResourceNo More Emergencies
Jimothy's insurance boss announces the company will stop paying for emergency care because emergencies are expensive, and Flanary …
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ResourceBill Visits the Lab
Bill is sent deep below the hospital to deliver a specimen when the pneumatic tube fails, and Flanary turns the laboratory into a …
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ResourceMa Glaucomflecken
A personal, out-of-character video in which Flanary talks about his mother, known to viewers as Ma Glaucomflecken. He recounts how, …
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ResourceGood Night, Jonathan
Told as a bedtime story to his daughters, Flanary describes Jonathan, the scribe who lives in an ophthalmology supply closet and …
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ResourceOrtho Bro Visits a Trampoline Park
Flanary plays an orthopedic surgeon gleefully roaming a children's trampoline park, warning kids in graphic detail about fractures, …
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ResourceA Glaucomflecken Thanksgiving
Specialty characters are forced to leave their families for a mandatory faculty Thanksgiving dinner framed around gratitude despite …
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ResourceWinter Time Wellness
In this Arabic-captioned sketch, Bill the resident is praised for finally getting sunlight under a hospital wellness mandate, then …
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ResourceAn Important Message from United Healthcare
Flanary plays a UnitedHealthcare CEO delivering a holiday message urging patients to delay expensive care until January, after …
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ResourceThe Surgeon Apologizes
A general surgeon accidentally apologizes for being late, and Flanary builds the whole sketch around colleagues treating a sincere …
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ResourceMail Order Pharmacies
UnitedHealthcare repeatedly pressures a patient to switch from a longtime community pharmacy to its own mail-order service, OptumRx, …
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ResourceJonathan Head Nod Compilation
This compilation strings together clips of Jonathan, the deadpan medical scribe, from across Flanary's sketches. Other characters …
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ResourceThe Nephrologist Takes a Trip
A nephrologist narrates a pilgrimage away from dialysis units, acid-base problems, pagers, and fluid orders in search of …
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ResourceHalloween with the Neurologist
A neurologist runs a Halloween haunted house and gives trick-or-treaters lectures, reflex hammers, and neuroanatomy papers instead …
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ResourceThe Hospital is Losing Money
At a faculty meeting, administrators announce the financially struggling hospital will be sold to Bartholomew Banks of private …
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ResourceHow to Ace Your Rheumatology Interview
A rheumatology interviewee arrives clutching journals and recounts falling in love during a surprise journal club at the DMV. …
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ResourceHow to Ace Your Cardiology Interview
A mock cardiology interview has a candidate greet the interviewer with a hand-drawn EKG and trade reverent jokes about ejection …
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ResourceInfectious Disease Goes on a Hike
Flanary plays an infectious disease physician leading children on a hike where every river, animal, and insect prompts a lecture on …
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ResourceThe Reverse Tooth Fairy
Bill mentions tooth decay while presenting a head exam on rounds and is warned he has crossed into dentistry's territory. Flanary …
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ResourceHospital Fire Safety
When a fire breaks out in an operating room, staff cannot reliably recall the RACE fire safety protocol despite having completed …
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ResourceIt’s Residency Application Season!
This Arabic-captioned sketch stages a celebratory office party for the opening of the ERAS residency application system, with …
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ResourceFirst Day of Neonatology
A new trainee starts in the neonatal intensive care unit and learns that premature infants receive caffeine to reduce apnea, and …
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