Historical Events
This was the year the American Medical Association was founded
What is 1847?
Graduate medical education in a specialty, a form of "on-the-job" training
What is residency?
People with contagious diseases were quarantined here
What is pesthouse?
This trend created a reliance on specialized skills of paid professionals
What is urbanization?
This healthcare professional provides patients with mental health care
What is psychologist?
This was the year penicillin was established
What is 1941?
Allopathic medicine is studied by this physician
What is medical doctor?
Dr. Benjamin Rush was known for his treatment methods which coined him the father of what profession
What is American psychiatry?
Community mental health and deinstitutionalization were a major part of this reform
What is mental health?
The main caregiver for sick and injured patients
What is nurse?
President Lyndon Johnson signed Medicare and Medicaid into law during this year
What is 1965?
A physician that deals with particular diseases or organ systems
What is specialist?
These were built for patients with untreatable, chronic mental illness
What is asylum?
What is worker's compensation?
This term refers to nurses who have education and clinical experience beyond that required of an RN
What is advanced-practice nurse?
President Reagan shifted Medicare from treatment to payment by diagnosis in this year
What is 1984?
This physician treats problems related to the teeth, gums, and tissues of the mouth
What is dentist?
Health care was delivered in this kind of market
What is free market?
Physicians through the AMA distinguish themselves from uncoordinated actions of individual physicians competing in the marketplace
What is organized medicine?
If you have problems with movement dysfunction you see this provider
What is physical therapist?
President Nixon's "War on Cancer" centralizes research at the National Institute of Health
What is 1974?
Your doctor asks this professional to fill your prescription
What is pharmacist?
Medical training was not done in a school but instead one-on-one
This part of Title 18 of the Social Security Act of 1965 covers physicians bills
What is Medicare Part B?
These professionals treat patients with speech and language problems
What is speech pathologist?