Cheryl L. Dorsey '85 also says she believes the show has done a service for the show's viewers. She says she has been called and even stopped on the street by people considering the medical profession who saw her on television and asked her questions.

"It's reached a fair number of people. I really thought that only my immediate family would be watching," Dorsey says.

And Grazette says she likes the idea of being in the show because in the future, she will be able to look back on her early medical school experiences.

"I thought it would be sort of interesting to have a time capsule of what I was thinking about at the time," she says.

The students says making the show has also encouraged them to take a step away from their studies to reflect on their careers and their training.

"We ask fairly probing questions about what they want to do about their futures, and how they are enjoying things, and some are more open about it than others," Frumkin says.

Grazette says that it is good to stop occasionally and think about such questions, since she might not otherwise do so.

"The nature of the questions they ask are things that are good to think about, but don't necessarily come to mind," she says.

But despite the stress and inconvenience of making the documentary, the students say that the producers of the show have been extremely considerate and understanding of what they are going through.

"They have bent over backwards to make everyone happy," Tarter says. "I think these people have really realized how tough and what an imposition it is."

However, Tarter adds that if asked to do it again, he would have to say "no."

Dorsey says she is not sure if she would do it if asked again, but has not found it an imposition at all on her medical school experience. She points out that the camera crew only has to film about two or three times a year.

"It hasn't been disruptive at all. If anything, it's made me a bit more reflective on my experiences," she says.

Meeting Resistance

While the medical students have had their share of stress along with the excitement of being on being on television, the producers of the show say that they have run into their fair share of challenges in putting together the series.