- In just over five years, TikTok has managed to gather more than one billion active users around the world.
- A young woman created a video in which she uses irony and sarcasm to describe the way doctors care from the university where they studied.
- The final result has generated controversy because it is claimed that it generates stereotypes and incorrect ideas about doctors.
Social networks have become the favorite means of communication for millions of people. At the same time, they also work as a way of entertainment, although sometimes the results are not entirely satisfactory. In fact, A content creator has been involved in a controversy for making a video that has been classified as offensive to all doctors.
The favorite social network of teenagers
First of all it is necessary to talk about TikTok. This platform was created in China in 2015 under the name of Douyin. A short time later it changed its name and has now positioned itself as one of the most popular in the world.
Its main characteristic is that allows you to share short videos in vertical format. In addition, it also has tools with which anyone can edit the content. For this reason, it is quite attractive, especially for adolescents, and it has been one of the keys to accumulating more than one billion active users.
More and more people consume and create content on TikTok. The variety of topics is too wide, but while some focus on informing, others just want to entertain. Within this second category is the young Thais Oscos, who has become so popular that she already has more than 700,000 followers.
Its content is focused on humor and making others laugh. She sometimes gets it with her ideas but has also been criticized for several of her videos. In particular there is a recent one that has caused the anger of doctors
His idea was to recreate the way doctors care from the university where they studied. Although his approach is based on irony and sarcasm, the end result has been blamed for promote prejudices and stereotypes among the general population.
A mockery for the health union?
As an example of his publication, he mentions that the graduates of the National Polytechnic Institute (IPN) want to cure all the diseases of their patients with natural remedies. Instead, it ensures that those of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) are conceited and arrogant.
In the same way, he affirms that those who studied in schools without renown use the Paracetamol as the only means of healing. He even makes fun of the religious origin of The room and the way of caring for patients.
However, beyond generating prejudices against doctors, there is also misinformation. The TikToker includes the Ibeoamerican University within its imitations although in reality that school does not offer the Bachelor of Medicine.
@thi.za Students exercising their career prt. 2#parati #HUMOR
♬ original sound – Thais Oscos
On the other hand, despite the result of the alleged comedy video, it is necessary to remember that TikTok is a powerful tool that can be used for other purposes. More and more doctors join this social network with the aim of informing users.
Sometimes they offer short videos with advice on how to care for patients or the correct way to study for the National Exam for Medical Residency Applicants (ENARM). While others obtain digital prestige that helps them to make themselves known and thus promote their office.
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