MAPS
Medical Terminology
Careers in Medicine
Applying to Medical School
Diseases
100

LUMAPS stands for...

What is the Lehigh University Minority Association of Pre-Medical Students?

100

In this effect, people are given inert substances and seem to improve…

What is a placebo?

100

What career specializes in delivering babies and providing prenatal and postnatal care to expecting mothers?

What is OB-GYN?

100

This is the minimum level of education required to be admitted to medical school

What is a bachelor's degree?

100

This disease is named after its crown-like spikes that protrude from their surfaces when viewed under a microscope.

What is coronavirus?

200

The year LUMAPS was established on campus

What is 2021?

200

This medical term means slow

What is brady?

200

This profession performs surgery on teeth, mouth, and jaw…

What is oral surgery/oral surgeon?

200

Applying to this competitive joint degree allows one to become a physician scientist in 8 years

What is MD/PhD?

200

This condition occurs when this organ cannot filter and clean the blood

What is kidney failure?

300

The name of the national medical conference…

What is Annual Medical Education Conference (AMEC)?

300

If someone presents with appendicitis, they have inflammation of the…

What is the appendix?

300

This professional works under the supervision of physicians, takes medical histories, and performs routine physical examinations and basic diagnostic tests

What is a physician's assistant?

300

This is a concept where individuals learn about the lifestyle of a doctor by watching their daily routines

What is shadowing?

300

This blood-related disease affects 1 in 365 African-American births and 1 in 16,300 hispanic-american births

What is Sickle Cell?

400

The faculty advisor for LUMAPS…

Who is Prof. Lawrence Tartaglia?

400

An ophthalmologist is a physician who specializes in the treatment of the…

What is the eye?

400

This career specializes in treatment of medical imaging, x-rays, computed tomography, MRI, and ultrasound.

What is a radiologist?

400

What is the length of the standardized test that is required for admission into medical school

What is 8 hours?

400

This autoimmune disease affects the myelin sheath of nerve cells

What is Multiple Sclerosis, Guillain-barre Syndrome, Alzheimer’s?

500

MAPS is a subdivision of this association …

What is the National Medical Association?

500

This is an anatomical term meaning away from the head or lower part of the body

What is inferior?

500

With this graduate degree one can work as an epidemiologist, biostatistician, environmental health scientist or community educator

What is Master of Public Health (MPH)?

500

This piece of the application is the medical school’s first impression of you.

What is a personal statement?

500

This chest related disease is the leading cause of death in the United States and disproportionately affects black communities by 10%.

What is Heart Disease?

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