Roles
What healthcare profession dispenses medication?
Pharmacist
Otolaryngology (ENT} covers which parts of the body
Covers ear, nose, throat, and head/neck surgery.
What healthcare professions have the option of working in different healthcare specialties throughout their career?
Nurses, PA’s
Which profession are typically running a code?
MD
What medical professionals bring the emergency room and intensive care skills to patients thousands of feet above the ground.
Flight medics, flight nurses, flight doctors, and flight surgeons
What healthcare profession facilitates engagement in everyday life skills for patients at home?
Occupational Therapy
Prescriptions of opticians
eyeglasses or contact lenses
What healthcare professions have residencies?
MD, Dentistry, ND
What health professions can prescribe medication?
MD, NP
What healthcare profession deals primarily with disease prevention by implementing educational programs, policies, services, and research?
Public Health
What healthcare profession is always supervised by a physician?
Physician Assistant
Use of Western medicine, pills and surgery, are the typical methods of practice for which professions?
Physicians (MD), NP
What does MD and DO stand for
Allopathic medicine And Osteopathic Medicine
Which health care professions can order imaging?
MD, NP, chiropractors
Managing a patient after an ACL repair is most often done by which healthcare profession? Which profession can they be referred to?
Physical therapy, occupational therapy, MD
What healthcare profession does evaluation, examination, and utilization of exercises, rehabilitative procedures, massage, manipulations etc?
Physical therapist
How long is the cardiothoracic surgery residency training?
6-8 years
A nurse who completed a bachelors degree in nursing and pass NCLEX.
RN
What health care professions can order labs?
MD, NP, registered dietitians, naturopaths
{…………………..} began in response to WWI. In the army, ‘reconstruction aides’ (aka nurses) were responsible for providing rehab to wounded soldiers using both physical and occupational therapy.
Physical therapy
What profession can provide pre-natal care and deliver baby at home
midwives
The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) oversees several major application and enrollment systems Including…..
AMCAS® — American Medical College Application Service
ERAS® — Electronic Residency Application Service
VSLO® — Visiting Student Learning Opportunities (formerly VSAS)
How much schooling does an NP need to complete post bachelors
NP has 2 years post-graduate
The AAMC Founded in {……….}leads and serves the academic medicine community to improve the health of people everywhere.
Founded in 1876
Occupational therapy techniques date back to 100 BC, when a physician named {………………} used OT techniques to treat mental illness.
Greek physician named Asclepiades