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Figure One: The Instagram for Doctors to Share and Discuss Medical Images
TLDR Figure One is an app where doctors, medical students, and residents can share and discuss medical images, including gruesome and unusual cases, with comments that are often lighthearted and joking. It provides a glimpse into the world of doctors and allows them to balance their emotions while effectively helping their patients.
Timestamped Summary
00:00
This episode of Reply All discusses an app called Figure One, which is like Instagram for doctors to share and discuss medical images, with strict rules to protect patient privacy.
02:39
Figure One is an app where doctors can share and discuss medical images, including gruesome and unusual cases, with comments from other doctors that are often lighthearted and joking.
05:55
Figure One is a place where doctors can see and discuss late-stage skin cancers and other medical cases, often with no hope for the patient.
09:00
Figure 1 is not only used by doctors, but also by medical students and residents, who view it as a way to pass time and look at medical-related content, although it is not considered a reliable educational tool and there are other websites and forums where doctors share and discuss similar content.
11:55
Doctors often have to ask personal and sometimes uncomfortable questions as part of their job, and they may find certain medical conditions or cases interesting from a clinical or physiological perspective, even if they recognize the sadness or seriousness of the situation.
14:44
Doctors have to learn how to balance feeling enough to be human, but not so much that they are overwhelmed, in order to effectively help their patients.
18:00
Doctors are exposed to a world that is difficult to explain to those who haven't experienced it, and the internet allows people to see a glimpse of that world through platforms like Figure One.
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