Name That Specialist
This provider cleans teeth, fills cavities, and performs oral exams.
What is a Dentist?
What does MED stand for?
What is Mu Epsilon Delta?
Howard’s medical school is called this.
What is the College of Medicine?
This famous Black neurosurgeon became widely known for successfully separating conjoined twins joined at the head in 1987.
Who is Ben Carson
This rule requires healthcare providers to protect a patient’s medical information and keep it private.
What is HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act)?
This doctor specializes in pregnancy, childbirth, and reproductive health.
What is an Obstetrician/Gynecologist (OB-GYN)?
True or False: MED is open to students of any major.
What is True?
This is the famous motto of Howard University.
What is “Truth and Service”?
This 1928 discovery by Alexander Fleming led to the world’s first antibiotic.
If a patient decides to leave the hospital or refuse treatment after being informed of the risks, they are said to be leaving…
What is Against Medical Advice?
This doctor specializes in diagnosing and treating cancers, often using chemotherapy, targeted therapy, and immunotherapy.
What is a Medical Oncologist?
Howard MED emphasizes community and unity through these volunteer-based events.
What is community service?
This building with a clocktower is the most iconic on campus.
What is Founders Library?
This imaging technology, introduced in the 1970s, uses magnets and radio waves to create detailed images of organs and tissues.
What is an MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging)?
This legal document allows a patient to state their wishes about medical treatment if they become unable to communicate them in the future.
What is an advance directive?
This provider evaluates lung function and treats asthma, COPD, and chronic respiratory disease.
What is a Pulmonologist?
What year was MED Founded?
What is 1965?
What is the name of both the Howard mascots?
Who is Big Blue and Lady Bison?
This test, created in the 1950s, quickly evaluates a newborn’s health immediately after birth.
What is an APGAR score?
This refers to a patient who is unconscious or unable to make decisions, the person legally appointed to make medical choices on their behalf is
What is Healthcare proxy (or medical power of attorney)
m This doctor uses scopes to diagnose and treat digestive system issues such as ulcers, IBS, and celiac disease.
What is a Gastroenterologist?
MED’s founding philosophy emphasizes that pre-health students should grow together through three pillars central to its mission. Name two of the three common pillars (varies by chapter).
What is Brotherhood, service, and leadership?
Howard was named after this Civil War general who founded the Freedmen’s Bureau.
Who is General Oliver Otis Howard?
This doctor created the blood bank systems used in WWII and helped develop methods for storing plasma.
Who is Dr. Charles Drew?
This serious ethical violation is when a provider terminates care without properly transferring or notifying the patient
What is Patient abandonment?