Fun Facts
- It takes about
100 hours of video shooting to
produce a one-hour television
program.
- Since First Days is a 10-part series,
at least 1,000 hours of camera time were logged at the U-M
Health System this summer.
- Editing a one-hour program like First Days
requires 10 weeks of effort.
- During the course of the summer, there were 10 videojournalists
arriving and departing at different times to be involved.
- Videojournalists kept residents hours and were on-site
24/7.
- Some of the First Days video crew have
worked in as many as 10 hospitals doing medical programming.
- There are several
video crew members at NYT-TV
who have resigned to go to medical
school after shooting medical
programming.
- NYT-TV crew members
say they often become hypochondriacs,
based on the medical programming
they have shot.
- Not all crew members'
medical conditions are imaginary.
One crew member's life was
saved while on a medical shoot.
He felt weak and discussed it
with the doctor he was shadowing.
It turns out the crew member
was an undiagnosed diabetic and
very close to experiencing a
diabetic coma. A prompt diagnosis
and quick treatment allowed
the crew member to understand
his condition and make the necessary
lifestyle changes.
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