Pre-health playbook
This extracurricular lets you observe a clinician’s work without taking responsibility for patient care.
What is shadowing?
The organ that the prefix cardio refers to
What is the heart?
This ethical principle requires healthcare professionals to protect patients’ private medical information
What is Confidentiality?
I care for the skin, hair, and nails.
What is dermatology?
I have earpieces and a chest piece. I help you listen to heart and lung sounds.
What is a stethoscope?
Name one activity that demonstrates service outside of observing a clinician.
What is community volunteering?
The medical term for high blood pressure
What is Hypertension?
During a shadowing experience, a student hears a physician discussing a patient's diagnosis. The student's friend later asks what happened to the patient. What should the student do?
Decline to share the patient's private information
I care for the heart and cardiovascular disease
What is cardiology?
I clip onto a finger and estimate blood oxygen saturation without drawing blood.
What is a pulse oximeter?
A professor’s lab has you collect data, analyze results, and help test a hypothesis. This extracurricular is called…
What is research?
The term for inflammation of the gums?
What is Gingivitis?
This ethical guideline requires a patient to agree to a treatment or procedure after understanding its risks, benefits, and alternatives.
What is Informed consent?
I manage anesthesia and monitor patients’ vital functions during surgery.
What is anesthesiology?
I wrap around the upper arm and inflate to help measure blood pressure.
What is a blood pressure cuff?
I am a course that explores chemical reactions in living organisms, including enzyme activity, metabolism, and energy-producing pathways like the Krebs cycle.
The name for the flap of cartilage that prevents food and liquid from entering the airway while swallowing?
What is the Epiglottis?
A healthcare professional treats a patient differently because of their race, religion, or financial status. Which ethical principle is being violated?
What is Justice, (fair and equitable treatment)
I diagnose and treat conditions affecting the urinary tract, including kidney stones, bladder problems, and disorders of the male reproductive system.
What is Urology?
I shine a light through a speculum to help a clinician look into the ear canal and at the eardrum.
What is an otoscope?
Your friend says every medical school has identical prerequisites. Name the most reliable place to verify one school’s requirements.
What is that school’s official admissions website/AAMC?
A patient develops facial swelling and difficulty breathing shortly after receiving a medication. What is this life-threatening allergic reaction called?
What is Anaphylaxis/Anaphylactic shock?
A competent adult refuses a potentially life-saving treatment because of personal beliefs. What should the healthcare team do?
Respect the patient's informed decision, ensure they understand the risks and alternatives, and document the discussion appropriately.
I manage kidney disease, including dialysis care. Do not confuse me with the surgical specialty of urology.
What is nephrology?
I am a small hammer used to tap tendons and assess deep tendon reflexes.
What is a reflex hammer?