Carol's Second Act

Season 1 Episode 15

Top of the List

Air date: Feb 13, 2020

Medical Cases in This Episode

These are the patient stories worth unpacking. Open any case for the real-world medicine, what the episode shows, what it leaves out, and source-backed context.

2 cases identified

Case 1

Patient on Liver Donation List

Carol's patient makes the liver donation list.

Episode shows
Carol's patient makes the liver donation list.
Clinical takeaway
Patient on Liver Donation List is included because episode evidence supports a concrete clinical, procedural, injury, critical-care, transplant, or professionalism scenario.
Accuracy 3.5/5patient-liver-donation-listinternal-medicineclinical-skills

Case 2

Transplant Surgeon Communication

Carol reacts to the transplant surgeon's lack of emotion.

Episode shows
Carol reacts to the transplant surgeon's lack of emotion.
Clinical takeaway
Transplant Surgeon Communication is included because episode evidence supports a concrete clinical, procedural, injury, critical-care, transplant, or professionalism scenario.
Accuracy 3.5/5transplant-surgeon-communicationinternal-medicineclinical-skills

About the Episode

When Carol's patient finally makes the liver donation list, she is upset by the lack of emotion from his transplant surgeon, Dr. Lewis. Also, Lexie, Daniel and Caleb try to decipher why Dr. Jacobs has a tattoo of a duck.

Medical Relevance

A full clinical context review has not been generated for this episode yet.

The Medical Verdict

Final editorial assessment will be added after review.