Abbreviations
HHS
What is the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
This specialist operates the heart-lung machine during open-heart surgery.
Who is a cardiovascular perfusionist?
Nutritionists and Dietitians are essentially the same thing. (True/False)
What is FALSE.
Registered Dietitian Nutritionists (RDNs) are food and nutrition experts with a minimum of a graduate degree from an accredited dietetics program and who completed a supervised practice requirement, passed a national exam and continue professional development throughout their careers.
One may design workout programs for healthy individuals looking to improve fitness, while the other is a licensed healthcare professional who evaluates injuries, provides emergency care, and guides return-to-play decisions.
What is a personal trainer and athletic trainer?
This professional analyzes blood, tissue, and urine samples to help diagnose disease.
Who is a medical laboratory scientist?
The Nutrition and Dietetics Major is an ACEND-accredited DPD program. ACEND and DPD refer to what?
What is: Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics and Didactic Program in Dietetics
This healthcare professional works with issues related to swallowing.
(ANY of these)
Who are: Speech-Language Pathologists, Registered Dietitian Nutritionists, or Occupational Therapists
This health professional works in community health programs, wellness initiatives, and disease prevention without necessarily earning a clinical graduate degree.
Who is a Health Educator
A patient has recovered physically from a stroke and can walk independently. However, they still struggle to prepare meals, manage medications, and get dressed without assistance. Which rehabilitation professional would likely take the lead?
What is an occupational therapist?
"problem-driven vs. protocol-driven)
This specialist helps patients breathe by managing ventilators and administering respiratory treatments.
Who is a Respiratory Therapist?
This part of the US Department of Health and Human Services is considered the nation's medical research agency.
What is NIH (National Institutes of Health)
These professionals take and interpret X-rays in their offices and commonly treat musculoskeletal conditions without surgery.
What is a Doctor of Chiropractic Medicine (DC)
This professional coordinates research studies, recruits participants, and collects data for clinical trials.
Who is a Clinical Research Coordinator?
A college athlete tears their ACL during a game, completes rehabilitation, and returns to competition. One professional is likely to provide sideline emergency care and oversee the return-to-sport progression, while the other focuses primarily on restoring strength, mobility, and movement during rehabilitation.
What is an athletic trainer and physical therapist?
This healthcare professional uses ultrasound to visualize the heart.
Who is a cardiac sonographer?
Both complete dental school, but one spends additional years specializing in tooth movement while the other specializes in diseases affecting the tissues that support teeth.
General Dentist: DDS or DMD
Orthodontist: DDS or DMD with specialty training
Periodontist: DDS or DMD with specialty training
A patient recovering from a stroke is relearning how to button a shirt and prepare a meal. This rehabilitation professional would likely lead that therapy.
Who is an Occupational Therapist?
Dietitians work in these types of settings.
What is:
Hospitals, food companies, private practice, health care facilities, foodservice, athletics, nutrition-related businesses, grocery stores, restaurants, universities, schools, correctional facilities, pharmaceutical companies, professional sports, public health settings, community services, fitness facilities, government....
Two providers enter the exam room. Both can diagnose your strep throat, order a throat culture, prescribe an antibiotic, and write a referral to an ENT specialist. The biggest difference is not what they can do today, but the educational model on which they were trained.
Who are a Nurse Practitioner and Physician Assistant?
NPs have a credential as a Registered Nurse before advanced training to become a nurse practitioner. Physician Assistant / Associate is a graduate degree that follows the medical model rather than the nursing model.
This professional designs and fits artificial limbs and braces.
Who is an orthotist/prosthetist? (O&P)
"Doctor" refers to what...
What is.... It depends on what the "doctor" is next to!
MD / DO: medicine
DDS / DMD: dentistry
DPT: physical therapy
PsyD: psychology
PhD: independent researcher
This career is often considered the fastest route to become a surgeon.
What is Doctor of Podiatric Medicine?
DPMs focus on prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of the foot, ankle, and lower leg.
This healthcare professional may be employed by companies to educate clinicians about products such as implants, prosthetics, or monitoring equipment and often has a science or health-related bachelor's degree.
Who is a Medical Device Sales Representative
Both complete four years of medical school, pass national licensing exams, complete residency training, and can practice medicine and perform surgery. However, one receives additional training in osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) and emphasizes a whole-person approach to patient care.
Who is a Doctor of Osteopathy?
Osteopathic Medicine (DO) versus Allopathic Medicine (MD)
During a disease outbreak, this professional tracks cases to identify patterns and determine who is at greatest risk.
Who is an epidemiologist?
This professional studies how diseases spread through populations and focuses on populations rather than a single patient.