Holiday Traditions Around the World
Jingle Bowels
Fa La La Follow the Guidelines
A Derm December
Holiday History of Medicine
100
This animal-based cycle is used to name each Lunar New Year, which is often celebrated by giving out red envelopes for good luck.
The Chinese Zodiac
Add +1 to your roll if you can name the zodiac for 2026
100
Esophageal diagnosis associated with radiographic "bird's beak" sign
Achalasia
100
The USPSTF recommends screening for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in adults aged_______.
18 to 79 years.
100
This parasitic cutaneus infection is transmitted by the sandfly
Leishmaniasis
100
Practice introduced by Hungarian physician Ignaz Semmelweis in 1850 to decrease transmission of disease
Hand hygiene (accept hand washing)
200
Known as the Festival of Lights, this holiday celebrates the victory of light over darkness.
Diwali
200
Most common intestinal malignancy associated with celiac disease.
Lymphoma
200
The USPSTF recommends 1-time screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) with ultrasonography in men aged ...?
men aged 65 to 75 years who have ever smoked.
200
Eponyme for flat, violaceous, atrophic-appearing papule over the extensor surfaces seen in dermatomyolysis
Gottron papules
200
First human organ to be successfully transplanted between identical twins
Kidney (in 1954 by Joseph Murray at the Brigham & Women's Hospital)
300
In this country, people exchange books on Christmas Eve and spend the night reading.
Iceland
300
The 4 lab parameters used to calculate the new MELD score
Bilirubin, Creatinine, INR, Sodium
300
The USPSTF recommends biennial screening mammography for women aged _____.
40 to 74 years.
300
Name of this rash caused by Corynebacterium minutissimum
Erythrasma
300
Infectious disease prevention practice named for the Italian words meaning 40 days
Quarantine (quaranta giorni - holding arriving ships at anchor for 40 days before landing)
400
This astronomical event marks the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere.
The Winter Solstice
Add +1 to your roll if you can name the date.
400
Liver condition most commonly associated with anti-smooth muscle antibody
Type 1 autoimmune hepatitis (accept autoimmune hepatitis)
400
The USPSTF recommends annual screening for lung cancer with low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) in adults aged ... who have a ... pack-year smoking history and currently smoke or have quit within the past ... years.
The USPSTF recommends annual screening for lung cancer with low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) in adults aged 50 to 80 years who have a 20 pack-year smoking history and currently smoke or have quit within the past 15 years.
400
Eponym for blistering resulting from gentle mechanical pressure on the skin
Nikolsky sign
400
Organism ingested by internist Barry Marshall to prove its infectivity and association with disease
Helicobacter pylori
500
This Buddhist holiday celebrates the enlightenment of Siddhartha Gautama, traditionally observed in December.
Bodhi Day
500
Syndrome of gastrointestinal bleeding from angiodysplasia in the presence of aortic stenosis
Heyde syndrome
500
The USPSTF recommends screening for cervical cancer every 3 years with cervical cytology alone in women aged ...?
every 5 years with high-risk human papillomavirus (hrHPV) testing alone in women aged ...?
or every 5 years with hrHPV testing in combination with cytology (cotesting) in women aged ...?
21-29
30-65
30-65
500
Eponym for the explosive onset of seborrheic keratoses associated with internal malignancy
Sign of Leser-Trelat
500
Chemical warfare agent that led to the use of alkylating agents for treatment of leukemia
Mustard gas (accept nitrogen mustard)