The Doctors On Social Media Podcast
This podcast was created by founder Dr. Dana Corriel, who built the SoMeDocs brand (SoMeDocs being short for "Doctors on Social Media") from the ground up. The podcast plans to showcase, in audio format, what has already been built out on the venture's website, at doctorsonsocialmedia.com; unique content representing the diverse voices, talent, and ideas existing in healthcare.With a combined social media audience of 40,000 followers and growing, SoMeDocs is doing something right. Tune in to hear featured change-makers, meaningful conversations, and the innovative ideas that fuel our growth. Because you never know how a SoMeDocs episode will inspire you. The best part of it all is that there we are curating different projects and series, & always featuring interesting professionals, so you'll always be kept on your toes.Don't forget to check out our website, where we have our SERIES section and you'll find the video footage for most of these episodes. Meet the people behind the voices, exclusively at doctorsonsocialmedia.com and let SoMeDocs connect you to the next healthcare star.
The Doctors On Social Media Podcast
Funny Until Patients Are the Punchline
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In this episode of The Physician Feed, Dr. Jordan Emont takes on one of healthcare social media’s most uncomfortable questions: when does medical humor stop being funny and start becoming harmful?
From viral videos mocking patients to the institutional silence that often lets toxic behavior grow an audience, this conversation pulls no punches. Dr. Emont argues that humor absolutely belongs in healthcare, but never at the expense of patients, especially when the jokes target women, anatomy, weight, mental health, or vulnerable moments inside the exam room. The episode moves from online outrage to a deeper reckoning with professionalism, misogyny in medicine, and the power of social media to expose what institutions may prefer to quietly ignore.
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Takeaways:
- Humor belongs in medicine. Patients should never be the punchline.
- A viral following doesn’t make a healthcare professional clever. Sometimes it just makes the red flags easier to count.
- The most dangerous medical content online may come from people wearing credentials.
- When doctors mock anatomy, weight, mental health, or vulnerability, they aren’t “being edgy.” They’re teaching patients to trust us less.
- Professionalism online isn’t about being boring. It’s about remembering there are patients watching.
- Social media didn’t create misogyny in medicine. It gave it a camera, a caption, and 400,000 followers.
- Institutions love visibility until the wrong person goes viral.
- The internet can expose what hospitals and medical schools quietly tolerate.
- Healthcare humor works best when it punches at broken systems, not the people harmed by them.
- The white coat doesn’t come off just because the ring light turns on.
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