elcome to the Doctor! Doctor! TV Series headquarters on Dubuque Community Schools' web site! Click on the logo above for a high res copy for posters and publications. Doctor! Doctor! is a show about kids and medicine.

The formula is quite simple: Put some middle school kids in doctor's coats in the middle of a hospital, and let them explore and ask questions about everything from medical technology to specific procedures. Young people may only know hospitals as places where you go if you're injured or sick, but they are also places where we can learn to stay well.

Hospitals such as The Finley Hospital have expanded their role in our community's total health picture. Their campus has expanded to include care for cancer and diabetes patients. And then there are the jobs and professions in medicine that we want to explore. There are hundreds of people employed in health care in our community. We will learn all bout them.

 

Wally Brown is our executive producer of Doctor! Doctor!, and he is a member of the Dubuque Community Schools Foundation Board and The Finley Hospital Foundation Board of Directors. For the past two years, Wally has been working with Gary Olsen, media developer for Dubuque Schools, on original cable television shows including the popular Kids in the Kitchen and The Garden Organic.
Gary Olsen is producer of Doctor!Doctor! Gary has produced national award winning series television including Kids in the Kitchen, The Garden Organic, and High School House among many others. Gary brings creativity, wit and a practiced technical ability to create interesting and dynamic television for young people.
Our host for Doctor! Doctor! is Dr. Greg Grotz. He's a radiologist, so he knows quite a lot about the human body, but he also has a great general knowledge of many different medical specialties. Dr. Grotz serves them all as a radiologist
Jim Barefoot is a producer with Mediacom, and he's been working with Gary Olsen for more than a decade in one capacity or another. On this show Jim is the sound engineer on location, a difficult job considering the large cast members and often tight quarters we find ourselves in during a shoot.
Sue Chapman is co-executive producer on Doctor! Doctor!. Sue is a professional marketing and communication executive for The Finley Hospital, This is one of her first ventures into television.

Paul Hemmer is our musical director on Doctor! Doctor!. This celebrated composer and local radio personality has written an orginal theme song for the show. We hope this is the first of many such creative collaborations.

 

 

Lisa Meyer is our logistics manager on set. Lisa is a public relations and communication coordinator at The Finley Hospital.

We have completed our second season this year, and it is still, we admit, a grand experiment. We knew we wanted to produce some sort of show about health and medicine in general, but we didn't know exactly the route it would take. We met with hospital administrators and doctors on the topic, and we arrived at a basic concept that would provide lots of options and opportunities for kids to explore.

How We Do What We Do...

The second season concentrated more on organ and groups of organs in the body. The plan was to start each episode in the radiology and medical imaging area of the hospital, and then move to the lab for pathology, and then on the physicians and technicians that work with treatments of those organs.

However, as we got into this new format, we found it was better to put imaging on the end of the show. Instead, Dr. Grotz, in a burst of creative enterprise, prepared incredibly details models of organs and organ groups for students to interact with. Wait till you see the kidney simulation! It actually works!

What makes the show so exciting to watch is the guest physicians on the show and how they prepare to teach these young people about their profession. It's an extraordinary chemistry that occurs on screen, and it's completely spontaneous and unplanned. The students have no idea what they will be seeing or doing from week to week.

To many producers, this is unheard of. No scripts? No cards? No teleprompters? Nope. We fly the the seat of our scrubs. The results are often unexpected but always entertaining. Do we make mistakes? Occasionally, but we learn from them, obviously.

Gary Olsen with the Tiffen Steadicam on the set of cable TV's Kids in the Kitchen

What makes the show interesting to watch is the point-of-view of the camera that literally brings the viewer into the action. Our show is what's called a "single camera" production. We actually employ our camera on a Tiffen Steadicam, a camera that is worn by the operator and which hovers along following the action suspended on a spring-actuated armature that dampens camera movement and shake. The device allows complete movement of the camera in any and all directions as the students make their way from venue to venue.

The result of shooting episodes with the Steadicam is you simulate a person's point of view of the proceedings. The camera lens stays wide angle and does not zoom (our eyes don't zoom unless, of course, you're Superman). When we want a close up, that camera operators just walks up to what we want to see just like you would if you were in the scene.

We use the Steadicam in all of our productions, and it is precisely for that reason. A static camera, one on a tripod, can be a very boring shot. If the performers in front of the camera aren't doing much, the resulting footage becomes uninteresting, and this is largely due to the static camera view.

But film the same scene with the Steadicam, which is constantly moving, and suddenly things become a bit more interesting. There's a visual tension that exists, and the viewer doesn't know what's going to happen next, but he is aware that something is about to happen. It becomes observational for the audience, and it becomes more realistic or naturalistic.

We are grateful that you have discovered our show, and we hope you will enjoy the episodes we've provided on this site so far. More are on their way, so stay tuned.

--Gary Olsen, Producer and Director of Doctor! Doctor!

 

This is the official Doctor! Doctor! Website
We are celebrating our three year production partnership between the Dubuque Community Schools and The Finley Hospital on the cable show Doctor! Doctor! The series, which puts students in lab coats and stethoscopes to participate hands-on in various medical procedures, will be running three seasons worth of shows from November 1 through 7. "We 've received a lot of requests from people who have just discovered the show to rerun the earlier shows," says Finley CEO John Knox. It's a Doctor! Doctor! marathon with host Dr. Gregory Grotz (on the billboard above... click to enlarge). Finley is heavily promoting the event with digital billboards newspaper ads and spots on cable TV.
Welcome to Season 3 of Doctor! Doctor!

Here's the vital information our "doctors" need to function this season. First an overview of the format, materials and production structure:

Wednesdays:

Kids here at 2:00 – Roll at 2:30 – finish by 4:00

September 9 – October 28

SHOW FORMAT

S – Subjective/interview

O – Objective/tests

A – Assessment/diagnosis

P – Plan/procedure

Short coverage of health care positions assisting: nurse, techs, etc.

 Please Note: Some topics have been (and will continue to be) switched around but it does not affect your schedule. The topic may change, but the team on that date does not.

 October 14, 2009  

Cast: Brandon, Emily, Jordan, Amber, Brooke, Annie, Emma

Topic:  Pediatric/ears/nose/throat                    

Film Location: ER Room #6

Physician& experts: Dr Kragenbrink, Dr. Grotz

Patient: 

 

October 21, 2009

Cast: Mitchel, Emily, Jordan, Megan, Amber, Brooke, Annie, Emma, John, Kelsey

Topic: Stress Fracture/tendon tears                 

Film Location: ER Room #6

Physician& experts: Dr. Lawrence Hutchison, Tri State Family Practice, Dr. Grotz

Patient: Young Athlete, Runner - Greg

 

October 28, 2009

Cast:  Brandon, Mitchel, Lucy, Emily, Jordan, John, Kelsey

Topic: Appendectomy                        

Film Location: ER Room #6

Physician& experts: Dr Joe Jenkins, General Surgery, Dr. Grotz 

Patient: 

Our Personal Medical Student Checklist

Wednesdays:

Kids here at 2:00 – Roll at 2:30 – finish by 4:00

September 9 – October 28

  • Notebooks w/Dr Dr logo
  • Lab coats
  • Badges – some photos
  • Stethoscopes
  • Snacks
  • Water

SHOW FORMAT

S – Subjective/interview

O – Objective/tests

A – Assessment/diagnosis

P – Plan/procedure

Short coverage of health care positions assisting: nurse, techs, etc.

 

September 9, 2009

Cast: Lucy, Mitchel, Emily, Jordan, John, Kelsey 

Topic: Pathologist   

Film Location:  Dr. Pechous's office  

Physician& experts: Dr Bryan Pechous, Dr. Grotz

Patient: Kelsey Dalton

 

September 16, 2009   

Cast:  Lucy, Brandon, Emily, Jordan, Megan, Amber, Brooke, Annie, Emma, John, Kelsey

Topic: Skin Trauma/Haze Matt           

Film Location: ER                             

Physician & Expert:   Dr Kurth, Sherry Fry, Mike Ries, Steve Day, Dr. Grotz                       

Patient:  Jordan Grotz & John Dalton

 

September 23, 2009  

Cast:  Brandon, Emily, Jordan, Megan, Brooke, Annie, Emma            

Topic:  Pulmonary Embolism   

Film Location: ER Room #6                                      

Physician& experts:  Dr Brian Nelson, Dbq Family Practice, Dr. Grotz

Patient:  Amy Coehn, Radiology employee

 

September 30, 2009  

Cast:  Brandon, Mitchel, Lucy, Emily, Jordan

Topic:  Chest Pain                                                      

Film Location: ER Room #6

Physician & experts: Dr. Johnson, Dr. Grotz

Patient:  Wally

 

October 7, 2009

Cast: Lucy, Mitchel, Emily, Jordan, Megan, Amber

Topic: Pneumonia/Bronchitis  

Film Location: ER Room #6

Physician& experts: Dr. Kurth, ER; Dr. Grotz animated claymation

Patient: 

 

 October 14, 2009  

Cast: Brandon, Emily, Jordan, Amber, Brooke, Annie, Emma

Topic:  Pediatric/ears/nose/throat                    

Film Location: ER Room #6

Physician& experts: Dr Kragenbrink, Dr. Grotz

Patient: 

October 21, 2009

Cast: Mitchel, Emily, Jordan, Megan, Amber, Brooke, Annie, Emma, John, Kelsey

Topic: Stress Fracture/tendon tears                 

Film Location: ER Room #6

Physician& experts: Dr. Lawrence Hutchison, Tri State Family Practice, Dr. Grotz

Patient: Young Athlete, Runner - Greg

 

October 28, 2009

Cast:  Brandon, Mitchel, Lucy, Emily, Jordan, John, Kelsey

Topic: Appendectomy                        

Film Location: ER Room #6

Physician& experts: Dr Joe Jenkins, General Surgery, Dr. Grotz 

Patient: 

Welcome to Season 2 of Doctor! Doctor!
The second year of the acclaimed cable television series Doctor! Doctor! has just completed its last episode for the season, and we are already looking forward to next season. This year the emphasis was on the major organs and systems of the human body. Dr. Greg Grotz is our host. Click on any of these photos to automatically download printable enlargements. These are frames from actual show video.
What's the largest and perhaps most versatile organ in the human body? It's the skin, of course. It does so much to protect us, regulate our internal temperature, optimizes our fluid levels depending on our environment, it's amazing! Dr. Grotz has a wonderful white board talk on what tissues comprise the skin and how the skin functions. Then we visit Dr. Jennifer Schope, who among other things treats diseases of the skin. She's a Dermatologist at The Finley Hospital.
Click here for Episode 1 of Season 2... The skin
Episode 2 The Skeletal System with Dr. David Fields
We enter Dr. David Field's surgical room and witness first hand the innovations that comprise modern orthopaedic surgery. We also visit Dr. Grotz's "Boneyard" to learn about the 206 bones that form the human skeleton. We learn the parts of the bone and how bone grows.

Then we move on to radiology where we view all of the different ways doctors can look inside the human body to determine severity of injury, and the presence of disease. We also conduct a quiz to discover how much our young medical trainees have learned about the human skeletal system.

Click here the Bones Episode 2

 

The Rest of the Episodes from Season 2
Episode 3 The Human Brain Episode 6 The Kidneys
Episode 4 Digestive System Episode 7 The Heart
Episode 5 Back to Surgery Episode 8 Nutrition and Pathology in Diagnoses
Still photos from our Second Season
This is Adam Smith, in his second year on the show. Above right is Dr. David Fields, an orthopaedic surgeon who was guest on episode 2 that featured the human skeleton.
Cody Sprecher is in his second season with the show. Above right is Dr. Brennan who starred in our episode on pathology. Below is Brian Feldman (left) and Adam Smith, both veterans of the show.
Dr. Gregory Grotz, above, is knowledgable about a wide spectrum of medical technology and specialities because, as a radiologist, he must serve all practices with visual references that aid physicians in treating illness and injury.
Dr. Jenkins, who practices as a general surgeon, continuously comes up with inventive simulations in surgery to allow students to have hands-on experiences. New this season was Dr. Koontz (above right), who prepared a simulation involving endoscopic surgery. Students probed the lower intestine (a wonderful simulation built by Dr. Koontz) looking for polyps.
Dr. Jenkins suprised everyone with sections of raw pork hocks which simulate closely human tissue, especially the skin. The students got the opportunity to practice with sutures and new staple technology to close wounds.
Dr. Simms, a sleep specialist, was a guest on the show. Above is Emily Grotz, one of our newest cast members. Below is Dr. Whalen, who was a guest on our episode featuring the kidneys. Students got to talk to a dialysis patient.
Above, John Chapman and right and below left, Lucas Tully. Below Lucy Stephens in her second year as a cast member.
Above, Marissa Allen and above right Mary Hermann. Below is our resident humorist Mitchell Tigges. Bottom left is cast member, Matthew Niemer.
Photos on this page are linked to printable enlargements.
Season 1 Episode 2 Surgery! (The rest of the first season's episodes posted below!)
Adam and Mitchel take turns at the controls of a simulated laparoscopic surgical procedure with Doctor Joe Jenkins at the Finley Hospital. This episode was filmed in an actual surgical room with all of the requisite tools, nurses, and technology. Performing surgery guided by a video camera attached to a fiber optic instrument presented some challenges. The students removed gummy worms from a simulated body cavity as can be seen on the TV monitor. The students had to carefully maneuver around various organs to find and extract the gummies. Click on any of these photos to automatically download printable enlargements. These are frames from actual show video.
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Students also got a hands-on opportunity with orthopeadics attaching stainless steel appliances to fractured bone using power tools.
Our First Historic Episode!
Several castmembers participated in this first historic episode of Doctor! Doctor! which is broadcasting on Mediacom Cable 19 in Dubuque and surrounding communities. The show will be syndicated to state-wide cable markets through Mediacom. Our first episode was filmed in the Wendt Regional Cancer Treatment Center. Click on the photos to reveal printable enlargements of frames from the actual film footage.
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Episode 3 Trauma and Emergency Medicine! Episode 4 Diabetes
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Episode 5 Rehabilitation Episode 6 Babies!
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Episode 7 Emergency Services Episode 8 Medical Imaging
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Photo Album! The EMS Episode
We filmed the Emergency Medical Services episode with our friends from the Dubuque Fire Department and Finley's ER staff, and it was terrific. We have some great photos where we simulated a skateboarding accident (more common than you know), and we had to transport the injured subject (our own Lucy) from body board to gurney, from gurney to ambulance, and from the ambulance to the ER. Click here for more photos.
We just want to thank you.

Dear Cast (from Producer Sue Chapman): Our second set of episodes are completed, and I think it's safe to say we have a hit on our hands. The shows are airing in the community on Mediacom Channel 19, and we've received excellent feedback.

What began as a grand experiment turned into a project that has great sustainability. This means we will continue the series, and castmembers will be notified when a new schedule is drawn for early next year, perhaps after the holidays. Once again, thank you for everything you do and represent on behalf of this great television project. - Sue

Dear Viewers:

We are most proud of our student cast and crew for this new series, Doctor! Doctor! on Mediacom Channel 19. They represent some of our best and brightest from among the students of our district.

Student not only perform in front of the camera but behind the scenes with sound equipment, lighting when necessary, and they provide a host of crew support. This is an important point. Not only are students learning how to perform on television and learning about medicine, but they also learn teamwork, collaboration and group problem solving skills. Serving in a cast or on a production crew can be valuable for students as they learn from each other what works and what doesn't work on camera. Episodes are available online as they are produced. So watch for them on this website.

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