Back to All Events

Medicine on Screen

Join Kristine Scruggs for “Medicine on Screen”

Medicine is a hot topic in film and TV, and it is notoriously difficult to write a scene that is medically accurate and dramatic at the same time. If you can do it, you’ll gain the trust of readers and audience members alike. 

Discussion to include common medical topics such as:

  • Med school/training

  • Codes/cardiac arrest

  • Trauma

  • Surgery

  • Cancer/chronic illness

  • Infections

  • Medical Terminology

  • Death

  • and more... 

Open Q&A

Moderated by Get It Made Ambassador Tom Loveman, Founder of The Writers Group Therapy podcast

Check out these podcast episodes: Dennis Lehane – “Black Bird” Writer and Showrunner, Interview x Founders of Get It Made) and get to know Tom!

---

Note: event will be recorded

Kristine Scruggs, Screenwriter

Kristine is an internal medicine physician who has over ten years of experience in hospital medicine. She enjoys using her medical knowledge and experience to provide authenticity and depth to her screenwriting. She lives in Raleigh, NC, with her husband and two sons, Henry and Jack.

Previous
Previous
March 19

Writing for Laughs x Nick Perdue

Next
Next
April 1

Psychology for Writers: Personality Theory, Values & Motivations: Building Solid Characters (Copy)