Path to Medicine
This term applies to undergraduate students aspiring to join any profession in the healthcare industry, such as medicine, PT, nursing, or pharmacy.
Pre-health Student
I am a pathogen that uses host cell organelles in order to replicate. What am I?
A virus
What is the clinical name for a heart attack?
Myocardial Infarction
Which artery do you palpate for and listen to when you're taking a blood pressure in the upper arm?
Brachial Artery
Put these steps to medicine in order:
Medical School
Residency
College
Attending
High School
Fellowship
High School > College > Medical School > Residency > Fellowship (optional) > Attending
Name 2 subjects medical students study as part of a typical pre-clinical curriculum.
Physiology, Anatomy, Biochemistry, Genetics, Histology, Embryology, Pharmacology, Microbiology, Pathology, Statistics
This process involves the breakdown of glucose and occurs in the cytoplasm. What is it called?
Glycolysis
A patient has a positive anterior drawer test. What structure is being tested? (Full name)
Anterior cruciate ligament
A patient's blood pressure is 130/90. What is the higher number called?
Systolic Blood Pressure
The genetic code of SARS-CoV-2 is in the form of a molecule of ______
RNA
Many pre-med students complete this activity, which involves accompanying physicians to see patients, in order to learn about the field of medicine.
This molecule is produced in a neutralization reaction
Water
This term means macroscopic in the study of anatomy
Gross Anatomy
What is the chamber of the heart that can put out the most force?
Left Ventricle
What specialty in medicine has the longest residency training?
Neurosurgery
Physicians with the "Doctor of Medicine" degree attend residency alongside physicians with what other doctoral degree?
Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine
An isotopic cation of this element can simply be referred to as a proton.
Hydrogen
In a polymerase chain reaction, this molecule is amplified 30 or more times
DNA
Pulmonic Valve
This standardized exam is taken after each core clerkship
Shelf Exam
This major standardized exam is taken by medical students after completing the pre-clinical curriculum
Step 1
A car accelerates from 0 to 36 miles per hour in 3 seconds. Find the acceleration of this car (with the correct units).
12 miles per hour per second
What is it called when the healthcare team goes to see all their patients in the hospital?
Rounding
What cardiac enzyme is released when the heart is damaged?
Troponin
I evaluate patients with dysphagia and evaluate swallowing studies. Who am I?
Speech-Language Pathologist