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- Discuss with your counselor the influence that EIGHT of the following people or events had on the history of health care:
- a. Hippocrates
- b. William Harvey
- c. Antoine van Leeuwenhoek
- d. Edward Jenner
- e. Florence Nightingale
- f. Louis Pasteur
- g. Gregor Mendel
- h. Joseph Lister
- i. Robert Koch
- j. Daniel Hale Williams
- k. Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen
- l. Marie and Pierre Curie
- m. Walter Reed
- n. Karl Landsteiner
- o. Alexander Fleming
- p. Charles Richard Drew
- q. Helen Taussig
- r. James Watson and Francis Crick
- s. Jonas Salk
- Explain the Hippocratic Oath to your counselor, and compare to the original version to a more modern one. Discuss to whom those subscribing to the original version of the oath owe the greatest allegiance.
- Discuss the health-care provider-patient relationship with your counselor, and the importance of such a relationship in the delivery of quality care to the patient. Describe the role of confidentiality in this relationship.
- Do the following:
- a. Describe the roles the following people play in the delivery of health care in your state.
- 1. Allopathic physician (M.D.) and Osteopathic physician (D.O.
- 2. Chiropractor (D.C.)
- 3. Emergency medical technician
- 4. Licensed practical/vocational nurse
- 5. Medical assistant
- 6. Medical laboratory technologist
- 7. Nurse-midwife
- 8. Nurse practitioner
- 9. Occupational therapist
- 10. Optometrist
- 11. Pharmacist
- 12. Physical therapist
- 13. Physician’s assistant
- 14. Podiatrist
- 15. Psychologist
- 16. Radiologic technologist
- 17. Registered nurse
- 18. Respiratory therapist
- b. Describe the educational and licensing requirements to practice health care in your state for FIVE of the professions in requirement 4a. (Not all professions may exist in your state.)
- a. Describe the roles the following people play in the delivery of health care in your state.
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- a. Tell what is meant by the term "primary care" with regard to a medical specialty.
- b. Briefly describe the types of work done by physicians in the following specialties:
- 1. Internal medicine*
- 2. Family practice*
- 3. Obstetrics/gynecology*
- 4. Pediatrics*
- 5. Psychiatry
- 6. Surgery
- c. Describe the additional educational requirements for these specialties.
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- a. Briefly describe the types of work performed by physicians in FIVE of the following specialties or subspecialties:
- 1. Allergy/immunology
- 2. Anesthesiology
- 3. Cardiology
- 4. Colorectal surgery
- 5. Critical care medicine (intensive care medicine)
- 6 Dermatology
- 7. Emergency Medicine
- 8. Endocrinology
- 9. Gastroenterology
- 10. Geriatric medicine
- 11. Hematology/oncology
- 12. Hospitalist
- 13. Infectious disease
- 14. Nephrology
- 15. Neuro surgery
- 16. Neurology
- 17. Nuclear medicine
- 18. Ophthalmology
- 19. Orthopedic surgery
- 20. Otolaryngology/head and neck surgery
- 21. Pathology
- 22. Physical medicine and rehabilitation
- 23. Plastic, reconstructive, and maxillofacial surgery.
- 24. Preventive medicine
- 25. Pulmonology
- 26. Radiology
- 27. Rheumatology
- 28. Thoracic/cardiothoracic surgery
- 29. Urology
- 30. Vascular surgery
- b. Describe the additional educational requirements for the five specialties or subspecialties you chose in 6a.
- a. Briefly describe the types of work performed by physicians in FIVE of the following specialties or subspecialties:
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- a. Visit a physician's office,** preferably one who delivers "primary care." (This may be that of your counselor.) Discuss the components of a medical history and physical examination (an official BSA health form may be used to guide this discussion), and become familiar with the instruments used.
- b. Describe the characteristics of a good diagnostic test to screen for disease (e.g. routine blood pressure measurement). Explain briefly why diagnostic tests are not perfect.
- c. Show how to take a blood pressure reading and a pulse reading.
- Do the following:
- a. Discuss the roles medical societies, the insurance industry, and the government play in influencing the practice of medicine in the United States.
- b. Briefly tell how your state monitors the quality of health care within its borders, and how it provides care to those who do not have health insurance.
- Compare and discuss with your counselor at least two types of health care delivery systems used throughout the world.
- Serve as a volunteer at a health-related event or facility in your community (e.g. blood drive, "health fair", blood pressure screening, etc.) approved by your counselor.
- * "Primary care" specialties
- ** If this cannot be arranged, demonstrate to your counselor that you understand the components of a medical history and physical, and discuss the instruments involved.
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