Nervous System
Navigating STEM Career
Bioethics
Research Methods
Radiation Therapy & Medicine
100
The image below is an example of ___ which maintains a stable internal environment.
Homeostasis
100
In addition to high grades, having ___ is very important to succeed in STEM.
Experiences/ resume
100
What is the branch that deals with right and wrong?
Ethics
100
What is the first step in the scientific inquiry process?
Making observation
100
High-density organs would show up as what color in CT scans?
Light (white)
200
Neurotransmitters are released from ___ to reach the dendrite of the next neuron
Axon terminal
200
What is the name and the purpose of the platform shown?
LinkedIn - for professional connections
200
A doctor asks a ____ for help when they have a bioethical issue.
bioethicist
200
How can we reduce the number of search results while improving its relevance?
Use Boolean operators (e.g. And, Or, Not)
200
What undergraduate program contains a mix of social sciences and basic sciences?
Health Sciences
300
Which side represents the sympathetic nervous system?
Left
300
In addition to Linkedin, Organizations post about hiring on this phone app (introduced during the session)
300
Which principle involves respecting patients’s choices even if they don’t accept treatment?
Autonomy
300
Using your device: Find the MeSH term for heart attack
Myocardial infarction
300
Which image is an MRI machine? (also provide reasoning)
the right (because the MRI machine requires ear protection since it is loud)
400
Opioids are medications used to treat pain. Which natural neurotransmitter are they similar to?
Endorphins
400
Finding mentors is an example of ___
Networking
400
What is the name of the bioethical issue in which doctors must choose who to help first since there are limited doctors?
Triage system
400
Using the PICO(T) framework, what part of this question below can be categorized as “C”?
In-person care
400
What is the first step in clinical reasoning?
patient's chief complaint?
500
The patient below suffers from a lack of balance and constantly falls. Which part of the brain is likely damaged?
Cerebellum
500
The quality shown below is important for a lot of STEM careers. What is it called?
Leadership
500
A patient wants to take a certain medication, but you stop them, knowing it has several harmful side effects. Which principle is this?
Nonmaleficience
500
Provide one limitation of using the MeSH terms
500
What is the minimum number of years of undergraduate program required to apply to medical school?
3 years
600
What is the name of the green area responsible for problem-solving?
Frontal lobe (or pre-frontal cortex)
600
In addition to online research, you can find a ___ for advice from someone in a STEM career.
Mentors
600
Provide 3 factors that influence patients receiving an organ donation
Any of: disease severity, probability of disease recurrence, donor-receiver distance, overall health of patient, and others if applicable.
600
Provide the search criteria using boolean operators:
I want to find all relevant results that contain “cancer” and either one of “brain” or “lung”, but I also want to exclude all results that mention “pancreas” or “stomach”
“cancer” AND (“brain” OR “lung”) NOT (“pancreas” OR “Stomach”)
600
What are the schools you can apply to become a radiation therapist?
U of T (Michenor) & Mohawk (with McMaster)