HAN 300 Ch. 4 Book Questions

Physicians

Evaluate health conditions, diagnose abnormalities, prescribe treatments

MD

Doctor of Medicine

DO

Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine

What must a physician go through to be awarded their licensure after graduation?

Successful completion of a licensing examination governed by either the National Board of Medical Examiners or the National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners and the completion of a supervised internship/residency

Residency

Graduate medical education in a specialty that takes the form of paid on-the-job training, lasts 2 to 6 years

Osteopathic Medicine (DOs)

Musculoskeletal system, correction of joints or tissues

DO responsibilities

Preventive medicine and take into account how factors such as diet and environment might influence natural resistance, TAKE HOLISTIC APPROACH TO PATIENT CARE; generalists

MD responsibilities

USE ALLOPATHIC MEDICINE, view medical treatment as an active intervention to counteract and neutralize the effects of disease; specialists

Which MDs are considered PCPs?

Those who practice family medicine/general practice, general internal medicine, general pediatrics or generalists

PCPs provide

Preventive services and treat frequently occurring and less severe problems

Preventive services include

Health examinations, immunizations, mammograms, papanicolaou smears

Allergists

Immune system, conditions caused by allergies

Anesthesiologists

Manage pain or use sedation during procedures

Cardiologist

Heart disease

Dermatologists

Infections, growths, injuries of skin

Emergency medicine

Specific to ER! Acute illnesses and emergency situations (trauma)

Family physicians

Prepared to handle most types of illnesses and care for the patient as a whole

General practicioners

Examine patients or order tests and have xrays done to diagnose illness and treat the patient

Geriatricians

Problems and diseases that accompany aging

Gynecologists

Reproductive system of women

Internists

Diseases related to the internal organs

Neurologists

CNS disorders, order necessary tests to detect diseases

Obstetricians

Pregnancy, birth, care for mother after delivery

Otolaryngologist

Specialist of ear, nose, throat

Pathologist

Characteristics, causes, and progression of diseases

Pediatrician

Children from birth to adolescence

Preventive medicine

Occupational medicine, public health, general preventive treatments

General surgeons

Variety of different surgeries, usually of relatively low difficulty

Neurologic surgeons

Surgery of brain, spinal cord, nervous system

Orthopedic surgeons

Repair of bones and joints

Plastic surgeons

Repair malformed or injured parts of the body

Thoracic surgeon

Surgery in the chest cavity (lungs, heart)

Urologists

Urinary tract conditions in both sexes and of the sexual/reproductive system of males

What care is regarded as the entry point to the health care system?

Primary care

Which physicians are the gatekeepers?

PCPs

What is important about a PCP in terms of gatekeeping?

They control costs, utilization rates, and the rational allocation of resources

Comorbidity

The coexistence of two or more disorders

Hospitalists

physicians who specialize in the care of hospitalized patients, typically will not have a relationship with the patient before or after care is given

The principal source of funding for graduate medical education is

Medicare program

DGME

Direct Graduate Medical Education, offset a portion of the direct costs associated with training physicians such as resident stipendens and benefits

What do teaching hospitals depend on? What kind of places are included for this?

IME (Indirect Medical Education) payments. Level 1 trauma centers, specialized services such as advanced cancer care

The imbalance between generalists and specialists has led to

High volume of intensive, expensive, and invasive medical services leading to the ongoing rise in healthcare costs in the US

IMG

International Medical Graduate