Healthcare Specialties
This specialty focuses on delivering babies and caring for the reproductive health of women.
What is Obstetrics and Gynecology?
This organ is responsible for pumping blood throughout the body.
What is the heart?
This classic horror character’s traits could be explained by porphyria, a disorder that causes sensitivity to sunlight.
Who is a vampire?
True or False: Cracking your knuckles causes arthritis.
What is False?
This is the required exam to attend medical school.
What is the MCAT?
This medical specialty is focused on the diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the heart and blood vessels.
What is Cardiology?
This bone is commonly referred to as the 'collarbone.
What is the clavicle?
This full-moon transforming creature could have a condition known as hypertrichosis, which causes excessive hair growth all over the body.
What is a werewolf?
True or False: You should tilt your head back when you have a nosebleed.
What is False? (You should lean forward to avoid swallowing blood.)
This degree is required to become a Physician Assistant.
What is a Master’s degree in Physician Assistant Studies?
This type of doctor focuses on the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of adult diseases.
What is an Internist/Internal Medicine?
This part of the brain is responsible for coordination and balance.
What is the cerebellum?
This stitched-together monster with mismatched body parts could be seen as a metaphor for someone undergoing multiple organ transplants, with symptoms like chronic immune rejection.
What is Frankenstein’s monster?
True or False: Sunscreen should be worn even on cloudy days.
What is True? (UV rays can penetrate clouds.)
This type of doctor requires both a medical degree and extensive residency training, typically lasting 3-7 years.
Who is a Physician or Surgeon?
This medical specialty involves the use of radiation to treat cancer.
What is Radiation Oncology?
These tiny air sacs in the lungs are where gas exchange occurs.
What are alveoli?
This monstrous character, with a hunchback and physical deformities, could have Kyphosis, a condition that causes a curvature of the spine.
Who is Quasimodo?
True or False: If you swallow chewing gum, it stays in your stomach for seven years.True or False: Shaving makes hair grow back thicker.
What is False? (Gum passes through your digestive system like other food.)
This is the certification exam for registered nurses.
What is the NCLEX?
This medical specialty focuses on the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases related to the immune system, including autoimmune diseases, hypersensitivities, and immunodeficiencies.
What is Immunology?
This type of joint, found in the shoulder and hip, allows for the greatest range of motion.
What is a ball-and-socket joint?
This two-faced villain might be suffering from dissociative identity disorder, which is characterized by the presence of two or more distinct identities within a person.
Who is Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde?
True or False: A lack of sleep can weaken your immune system.
What is True?
True or False: You need a medical degree to work in the healthcare field.
What is False? Many healthcare roles like medical assistants, EMTs, and technicians don’t require a medical degree.