Pre-med
What exam do most U.S. MD medical schools require?
MCAT.
What standardized exam is commonly used for U.S. dental school admissions?
DAT
How many hours of veterinary experience is needed?
Most schools recommend a minimum of 300 to 500 hours working or volunteering under the supervision of a licensed veterinarian.
What does PA stand for in healthcare?
Physician Associate, also commonly called Physician Assistant.
What color scrubs are traditionally associated with surgical teams to reduce eye fatigue from looking at red blood?
Green (or Teal/Blue).
What's the difference between an MD and a DO?
The main difference is their approach to healthcare: MDs focus on targeted treatments for specific diseases, while DOs take a holistic approach that treats the whole body and includes extra training in hands-on muscle and joint therapy.
A full adult set of permanent teeth, wisdom teeth included, totals ... this many.
32
Dogs pant to cool off, but they sweat mainly through these body parts.
Paw pads
What basic check-up test uses a colorful chart on the wall with letters that get smaller line by line?
Vision/Eye Test or Snellen Chart
Your friend says volunteering for one month guarantees medical school admission. True or false?
False! No activity guarantees admission.
You have a 4.0 GPA but zero clinical experience. What's missing from your preparation?
Exposure to patient care and an understanding of the healthcare profession.
This is the hardest substance in the human body, harder than bone.
Enamel
Unlike humans, dogs don't have unique fingerprints to identify them. Which body part has a texture pattern completely unique to each dog?
Their nose (nose print).
What major advantage makes PA school popular compared to standard Med School?
It's much faster (usually about 2 to 2.5 years vs. 4 years of med school plus residency).
What is the normal average resting heart rate range for a healthy young adult (in beats per minute)?
60 to 100 BPM.
In 1816, a French doctor too modest to press his ear to a patient’s chest rolled up paper to create this device.
Stethoscope
Humans only get two sets of teeth in a lifetime (baby and adult). What animal can grow up to 30,000 teeth in its lifetime, replacing them continuously?
A Shark.
What is the primary reason why birds have hollow, air-filled bones compared to the solid bones of mammals?
To make their skeletons lightweight for flight while remaining structurally strong.
Can a Physician Assistant prescribe medication to patients?
Yes, PAs can prescribe medication in all 50 states!
What federal privacy act prevents healthcare workers from telling your mom, your friends, or TikTok your private medical business?
HIPAA
Making up only about 2% of body weight, this organ uses roughly 20% of the body’s resting energy
Brain
You have a toothache that goes deep into the nerve tissue. Which dental specialist gets the pleasure of performing a root canal on you?
An Endodontist.
What bizarre anatomical superpower allows a owl to rotate its head a mind-boggling 270 degrees without cutting off blood flow to its brain?
They have 14 neck vertebrae (double what humans have) and special backup blood vessels.
A student eats ice cream too fast and gets a massive brain freeze. What quick trick can a PA tell you to do with your mouth to instantly melt the freeze?
Press your tongue flat against the roof of your mouth.
What is the name of the clear liquid that makes up over 50% of your total blood volume, carrying water, salts, and enzymes?
Plasma