Emergency physicians cheered last September when “The Pitt” won five Emmy Awards, including for best drama.
They “felt seen and heard” when Noah Wyle, who won best actor in a drama for his portrayal of chief attending physician Michael “Robby” Robinavitch, dedicated his award to health care workers, according to Owais Durrani, DO, and Robert Glatter, MD, FACEP, FAAEM, who praised the show’s depiction of life in an ED in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, as hospital staff weather the realities of “burnout, moral injury and mental health.”
The show’s Emmy wins “may not change policy overnight,