Types of Doctors
This of doctor sees you whenever you get sick! They take care of younger patients.
What is a pediatrician.
Doctors often use this type of picture to see inside your body, like your bones. What is this called?
What is an X-ray?
What type of animal is often used to help test new medicines to make sure they are safe before doctors use them with people?
What are mice and rats?
This animal is the largest mammal in the world
What is the blue whale?
This is the type of school you must attend after college to become a doctor.
What is medical school?
What type of doctor helps realign your teeth using braces and retainers?
What is an orthodontist.
If a doctor checks your heartbeat and listens to your breathing, what tool do they use?
What is a stethoscope?
What human body system is responsible for helping you recover when you get sick with a cold or catch the flu?
The immune system.
This U.S. president is on the US 1 cent penny.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
True or False? You have to get good grades in elementary school and middle school to become a doctor?
What is False?
This type of doctor takes care of your heart and associated problems like arrhythmias and heart attacks.
What is a cardiologist?
Surgery is a very important but sometimes scary procedure. To make the experience as comfortable as possible, what type of substance is given to put you to sleep?
What is anesthesia/laughing gas/anasthetic?
These are the building blocks inside all living things, including you.
What are cells?
This famous ocean liner sank on its first voyage in 1912.
What is the Titanic?
How many years does it usually take after high school to become a doctor?
What is about 8-12 years (including college, medical school, and residency)?
If you hurt your bones, this doctor might help you by putting on a cast. What type of doctor is this?
What is an orthopedic doctor?
When a doctor gives you medicine, they often write a note that you take to this location, sometimes found in grocery stores. What is this place called?
What is the pharmacy?
This disease causes an itchy rash to break out all across the skin and can lead to the future possibility of shingles. It is preventable by a vaccine.
What is chickenpox.
Which planet in the solar system has many rings and is beyond Jupiter?
What is Saturn
How long is medical and dental school typically?
What is 4 years
What field of medicine is focused on treating illness relating to the internal organs?
You may be familiar with the physical exams and procedures that doctors perform but that is only half of what they do! What is the other important responsibility doctors have that is often overlooked?
What is charting/record keeping?
This new technology allows us to identify mutations that may cause disease in people. While currently expensive, the cost is rapidly decreasing.
What is DNA sequencing.
What is the biggest bone in the body?
What is the femur?
Before becoming full doctors, people often spend several years working in hospitals to learn from more experienced doctors. What is this time called?
What is residency?