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Call the Doctor: As Hollywood Gigs Dry Up, Actors Are Playing Fake Patients in Real Hospitals

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Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨return2ozma@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨workreform@lemmy.world⁩

https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/what-are-standardized-patients-actors-side-hustle-hospitals-1236678608/

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  • lessthanluigi@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    TL;DR: Actors are playing as patients for med students for simulated senarios.

    Title makes it seem like actors are broke and just pretend to be patients in an actual hospital for reasons

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    • DozensOfDonner@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Or even worst: makes it seem like actors are being hired by hospitals to make them seem busy or full???

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      • white_nrdy@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        This is what I thought it meant.

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  • morgan_423@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I mean, work is work. And it’s doing something important. No shame here.

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