“We would have diagnosed this even without Dr. House,” Schaefer said. “You could have also typed his symptoms into Google and gotten the diagnosis.”
With TV and Google, who needs medical school?
In the 80s, I was in law school during the time the “LA Law” series was popular. I wouldn’t substitute it for Law School, but they actually did a pretty good job of bringing some cases that we studied to life, and getting the legal principle across.
I don’t mind someone getting insight from a tv show, assuming they follow it up with real research.