Your Path to Medicine
A ____________ is interested in becoming a doctor but has not yet started medical school
Pre-med student
What is the medical term for the bone of the kneecap?
Patella
Define tachycardia
Fast heart rate
The 7 characteristics of a symptom are as follows: onset, timing, quality, location, aggravating and alleviating factors, radiation, and ____________.
Severity
What is the medical term for a sideways curvature of the spine which most commonly occurs in young adults during a growth spurt?
Scoliosis
What are the 4 steps to becoming a doctor?
College, Medical school, Residency, Attending
The sternum is ____________ to the vertebral column.
Anterior
What is the term for low blood pressure?
Hypotension
What types of questions do we use to gather patients’ concerns?
Open-ended questions
Princeton Plainsboro Teaching Hospital was the fictional workplace on what TV drama series, whose title character was played by Hugh Laurie?
House
What specialty has the longest residency training on average?
How many thoracic vertebrae do we have?
12
What is bacteremia?
Bacteria in the blood.
If a patient tells you that they consume 2 alcoholic beverages per day, which task does that fall under during the interview?
Task 3: Social Habits
This internal organ can regenerate and regrow to its normal size, even after the majority of it has been removed?
The liver
What are the 3 most common extracurriculars for pre-med students
Research, Shadowing, Community service/employment
Which lobe of the brain contains the primary visual cortex (sight)?
Occipital Lobe
What is dyspnea?
Irregular breathing
What are the 2 parts of Task 1 that you do at the beginning of a visit?
Introduce Yourself, Set the Agenda
The medical condition Herpes Zoster is commonly known as what?
Shingles/Chicken Pox
Name 3 subjects that students typically take a full year of during their pre-med studies
Biology, General Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Physics
Of the 2 divisions of the human skeleton, which division is the pelvis part of?
Appendicular
What organ does “Encephalo-” refer to?
Brain
Name 5 of the 7 Characteristics of a Symptom.
Onset (sudden vs. gradual)
Timing (constant vs. intermittent pain)
Quality (sharp vs. dull pain)
Location (where is the pain?)
Severity (scale 1-10)
Aggravating & Alleviating Factors (what makes it better/worse?)
Radiation (does the pain go anywhere else?)
The 1974 Pilot song "Magic" has been adapted into an "oh, oh, oh" commercial jingle for what branded diabetes medication whose generic name is semaglutide?
Ozempic