Medical Pathways
What standardized exam is commonly required for admission to medical school in the United States?
What is the MCAT?
What ethical principle focuses on treating patients equally and fairly?
What is justice?
What body system breaks down food to provide energy?
What is the digestive system?
What body system helps defend against infections?
What is the immune system?
How many chambers does the human heart have?
What is four?
What is the training period called when new doctors work in hospitals under supervision after medical school?
What is residency?
What ethical principle involves keeping patient information private?
What is confidentiality?
What is the main function of red blood cells?
To carry oxygen.
Antibiotics are used to treat what type of infection?
What are bacterial infections?
What is the normal resting heart rate range for most healthy adults?
What is about 60–100 beats per minute?
How long is the total training pathway to becoming a physician?
What is ~11–15+ years?
Name two current medical ethics issues.
What are:
Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare, Gene Editing & CRISPR, Organ Transplant Allocation, Abortion & Reproductive Rights, Vaccination Mandates, Healthcare Access & Inequality, Animal Testing in Medicine, etc.
What hormone helps regulate blood sugar by lowering glucose levels?
What is insulin?
What type of blood cell helps the body fight infections?
What are white blood cells/leukocytes?
This body part is the largest organ of the human body.
What is skin?
What degree do most physicians earn after completing undergraduate studies?
What is an MD or DO degree?
What document explains the risks and benefits of a treatment before a patient agrees to it?
What is informed consent?
What structure in the lungs is responsible for gas exchange?
What are alveoli?
Why can overprescribing antibiotics be dangerous to public health?
What is antibiotic resistance?
What blood type is known as the universal donor?
What is O negative?
Name at least five steps involved in becoming an attending physician.
What is:
High school education -> College -> MCAT -> Residency -> Fellowship -> become an attending physician
A patient chooses not to take medication even after the doctor recommends it. What ethical principle supports this choice?
What is autonomy?
What part of the brain regulates body temperature and hunger?
What is the hypothalamus?
What famous discovery by Alexander Fleming revolutionized medicine in 1928?
What is penicillin?
What does CPR stand for?
What is Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation?