Steps to Becoming a Physician
Name one type of extracurricular activity that pre-meds need in addition to clinical experience
What is research, community service, or leadership?
Provides long-term primary care to patients of all ages
What is family medicine?
The leading cause of death
What is heart disease?
This TV show follows the lives of physicians who work at Seattle Grace Hospital and have nicknames like McDreamy and McSteamy
What is Grey's Anatomy?
The location of Hunter's pre-health advising office
Where is East Building 7th floor?
The standardized test for medical school admissions
What is the MCAT?
Focuses on mental, emotional, and behavioral conditions
What is psychiatry?
When the pancreas cannot produce enough insulin or when the body cannot properly use insulin, the hormone that controls sugar metabolism
What is diabetes?
This drug used to treat type 2 diabetes has become known as the "weight-loss drug" in media
What is Ozempic?
The largest organ in the human body
What is skin?
The duration of the standardized test for medical school admissions, including breaks
What is 7.5 hours?
Focuses on the skin, hair, and nails
What is dermatology?
Uncontrolled division of cells that invade other tissues in the body
What is cancer?
Selena Gomez underwent a kidney transplant in 2017 due to this chronic autoimmune disease
What is lupus?
Bone marrow, thymus, lymph nodes, spleen, and white blood cells are all part of this body system
What is the immune system?
The initials after a physician's name that indicate their medical degree (2 answers)
What are MD (Doctor of Medicine) and DO (Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine)?
Specializes in the female reproductive system
People in the late stage of this disease need dialysis treatment
What is (chronic) kidney disease?
Popular social media educator Doctor Mike, who was named "Most Attractive Doctor Alive" by People magazine, is board-certified in this medical specialty
What is family medicine?
This device measures the heart's electrical signals
What is an ECG/EKG?
The mandatory, paid training phase in a chosen specialty after graduating medical school
What is residency?
Diagnoses, treats, and prevents cancer
What is oncology?
Inflammation/Swelling of the joints
What is arthritis?
A viral anti-aging facial treatment injects DNA from this organism's sperm cells
What is salmon?
Normal blood oxygen level is this percentage and higher
95%