History, Principles, and Organizations of Medical Technology

Vocabulary flashcards covering the history of medical technology, famous inventors, Philippine clinical laboratory history, professional organizations, educational standards, and medical terminology.

Hippocrates

Considered the "Father of Medicine" and author of the Hippocratic Oath; he instigated a qualitative assessment of disorder through the measurement of the four humors (blood, phlegm, yellow bile, black bile).

Galen

A Greek physician and philosopher who described diabetes as "diarrhea of urine" and established the relationship between fluid intake and urine volume.

Uroscopy

Also known as "water casting"; a widely practiced diagnosis method in medieval Europe where patients submitted urine specimens in decorative flasks.

John Hutchinson

Inventor of the spirometer used for measuring the vital capacity of the lungs.

Jules Herisson

Inventor of the sphygmomanometer used for measuring blood pressure.

Rene L„ennec

Inventor of the stethoscope in $1816$, which was the first diagnostic medical breakthrough to acquire information about lungs and heartbeats.

Wilhelm Roentgen

In $1895$, he discovered X-rays by accident when he found that radiation could penetrate solid objects of low density.

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

Known as the "Father of Microbiology" and recognized for his work on the improvement of the microscope.

Karl Landsteiner

Distinguished blood groups through the development of the ABO blood group system in $1901$.

Jonas Salk

Developed the poliomyelitis vaccine in $1954$.

Kary Mullis

Developed the Polymerase Chain Reaction ($PCR$) in $1985$.

Hospital Real

The first hospital in the Philippines established by the Spaniards in Cebu in $1565$, later moved to Manila to cater to military patients.

Laboratorio Municipal de Manila

Established by Spanish authorities in $1887$ for laboratory examinations of food, water, and clinical samples.

Antonio Luna

Philippine war hero employed as a chemical expert at the Laboratorio Municipal de Manila who pioneered water testing and forensics.

Bureau of Government Laboratories

Established in $1901$ under the Philippine Commission Act No. $156$ to address methods in the diagnosis and prevention of diseases.

Paul Freer

The first director of the Bureau of Government Laboratories who ensured the biological laboratory was equipped with adequate supplies like microscopes and incubators.

Manila Public Health Laboratory

The first clinical laboratory in the Philippines, established during World War II by the $6\text{th}$ Infantry Division of the US Army at Quiricada St., Sta. Cruz, Manila.

Dr. Jesse Umali

The first graduate of the medical technology program in the Philippines, who later became a successful OB-gynecologist.

PAMET

Philippine Association of Medical Technologists, Inc.; the accredited professional organization and national organization for Registered Medical Technologists in the Philippines.

Crisanto G. Almario

Known as the "Father of PAMET," who initiated the founding of the organization on September $15$, $1963$.

PASMETH

Philippine Association of Schools of Medical Technology and Public Health, Inc.; the national organization of recognized schools in the Philippines established in $1970$.

PHISMETS

Philippine Society of Medical Technology Students; organized in $2002$ under the leadership of Dr. Zenaida C. Cajucom.

Curriculum

Comes from the Latin word "currere" which means "to run"; it refers to the planned interaction of students with instructional content and materials.

Republic Act No. 7722

Also known as the Higher Education Act of $1994$, which established the Commission on Higher Education (CHED).

Clinical Internship Training

An intensive training during the fourth year requiring students to render $32\text{ hours}$ of duty per week, not exceeding a total of $1,664\text{ hours}$ in one year.

Licensure Examination Requirements

To pass, an examinee must receive a general weighted average of $75\text{\%}$, have no rating below $50\text{\%}$ in major courses, and pass at least $60\text{\%}$ of the courses.

Root Word

The part of a medical term that gives it its essential meaning, such as "cardio" for heart or "cyto" for cell.

Prefix

Appears at the beginning of a medical term and indicates direction, location, quality, quantity, or type (e.g., "brady-" meaning slow).

Suffix

Appears at the end of a term and indicates a specialty, test, procedure, or status (e.g., "-itis" meaning inflammation).

$$TNTC$$

Laboratory abbreviation meaning "Too numerous to count".

$$QNS$$

Laboratory abbreviation meaning "Quantity not sufficient".