do operating room have galleries?

Question

I've seen on different T.V. Shows and my friends have told me about them but, do the ORs usually have galleries for Interns and residents to watch?

Answer 1

Most smaller hospitals and most private hospitals do NOT have galleries.

A lot of training/academic hospitals have SOME theatres with galleries.
Most training hospitals have many theatres - when I was an intern one or two of us went into the theatre itself and looked over the surgeon's shoulder, or from the foot of the table (that was where the most space was). Our hospital had 22 theatres, none of which had galleries (though two had large screens on which people inside the theatre could watch the surgeon's progress).

Answer 2

Most of them don't, however some of them do.

Galleries are a great way for students to learn, and also for doctors who have been practicing for a long time who want to learn a new procedure.

This way a lot of people can watch without getting in the way.

Answer 3

I have never seen one in the sense of a theater-like the famous Junior Mint episode of Seinfeld. I have worked in one with an enclosed overhead observation room. Today the use of cameras allow better visualization of the action. Observation from an adjacent windowed room with various camera angles and sound allow for a feel of the OR environment and technical aspects.

Answer 4

At some teaching hospitals affiliated with medicals schools they do, but I don't know how many. The hospital in Grey's Anatomy for instance, is based on a real hospital in Seattle.

Answer 5

Yes they do. Not all, but many. I had people watching me when I had surgery. I was asked first if I had any objestions and when I said no, they allowed about 10 people in to watch me have my bad ball removed. No big deal. This is how the new people learn as during the surgery, the doc explains it all.