Thread:Nerdfightergirl/@comment-96.254.174.92-20151011015545/@comment-96.254.174.92-20151011020709

I am both fully aware of the medical education in the US and the show's medical details. Yes they wore attending scrubs. But they were NOT attendings in those fields. FELLOWSHIP is a training and never once was there dialogue that said Alex and Jackson were peds and plastics attendings. They were always referred to as fellows.

Additionally, when Cristina was interviewing prospective cardio chief candidates and Meredith suggested that Hunt would offer her the job, her exact quote was "You don't offer a first year attending chief of cardiothoracic surgery, it's just not done."

Fellows are NOT attendings in their specialties. Both in real life and the show CLEARLY states this.

Cristina was not a cardio attending during her fellowship, she was a cardio fellow. She held attending status in general surgery but NOT cardio until she finished.

Lucy was not a maternal-fetal attending during her fellowship, she was a fellow. She held attending status in OB, but NOT maternal-fetal until she finished.

McQueen was not a cardio attending during his fellowship, he was a fellow. He held attending status in general surgery, but NOT cardio until he finished.

Arizona was not a fetal attending during her fellowship, she was a fellow. She held attending status in peds surgery and general surgery, but NOT fetal until she finished. Even Herman made that abudantly clear that fellows are training.

Trainees do not hold attending status in the specialty they are training in.

So the show supports my claim as canon. Not yours.