Health Professions Questions
And Answers
Admitting officers/clerks
✓~ (1) Work in admissions department
(2) Obtain all necessary information when patient admitted to facility
(3) Assign rooms
(4) Maintain records
(5) Process information when patient is discharged
Associate's degree
✓~ Awarded by career/technical school or community college. Requires
completion of prescribed two-year course of study
Bachelor's degree
✓~ ...Awarded by college or university
Requires completion of prescribed course of study that usually lasts for
four or more years
,Biological or medical scientists
✓~ (1) Study living organisms such as viruses, bacteria, protozoa, and
other infectious substances
(2) Assist in the development of vaccines, medicines, and treatments for
diseases
(3) Evaluate the relationships between organisms and the environment
(4) Administer programs for testing food and drugs
(5) Do some work on isolating and identifying genes associated with specific
diseases or inherited traits and perform research to correct genetic defects
Biomedical equipment technicians (BETs)
✓~ (1) Work with many different machines used to diagnose, treat, and
monitor patients
(2) Install, test, service, and repair equipment
(3) Examples include patient monitors, kidney hemodialysis units, diagnostic
imaging scanners, incubators, ECG machines, X-ray units, pacemakers,
sterilizers, blood gas analyzers, heart lung machines, and respirators
(4) Perform constant maintenance and testing for defects in machines because
lives depend on accuracy and proper operation
,(5) At times, teach other staff members how to use biomedical equipment
Master's degree
✓~ Awarded by college or university
Requires completion of one or more years beyond a bachelor's degree
Doctorate, doctoral, or doctor's degree
✓~ Awarded by college or university
Requires completion of two or more years beyond a bachelor's or master's
degree
Some require four to six years of additional study
Certification
✓~ A. Issued by professional association or government agency that
regulates a particular career
b. Certificate or statement is issued if person fulfills requirements of education
and performance and meets standards and qualifications established
, c. Examples: certified dental assistant, certified laboratory technician,
certified medical assistant
Registration
✓~ a. Required in some health careers
b. Done by regulatory body (professional associations or state boards) in a
health
care area
c. Administer examinations and maintain current list (the "registry") of qualified
personnel
d. Examples: registered dietitian, registered respiratory therapist, and
registered radiologic technologist
Licensure
✓~ a. * Government agency authorizes individuals to work in a given
occupation
b. Occupations requiring licensure vary from state to state
c. Usually require a person to
And Answers
Admitting officers/clerks
✓~ (1) Work in admissions department
(2) Obtain all necessary information when patient admitted to facility
(3) Assign rooms
(4) Maintain records
(5) Process information when patient is discharged
Associate's degree
✓~ Awarded by career/technical school or community college. Requires
completion of prescribed two-year course of study
Bachelor's degree
✓~ ...Awarded by college or university
Requires completion of prescribed course of study that usually lasts for
four or more years
,Biological or medical scientists
✓~ (1) Study living organisms such as viruses, bacteria, protozoa, and
other infectious substances
(2) Assist in the development of vaccines, medicines, and treatments for
diseases
(3) Evaluate the relationships between organisms and the environment
(4) Administer programs for testing food and drugs
(5) Do some work on isolating and identifying genes associated with specific
diseases or inherited traits and perform research to correct genetic defects
Biomedical equipment technicians (BETs)
✓~ (1) Work with many different machines used to diagnose, treat, and
monitor patients
(2) Install, test, service, and repair equipment
(3) Examples include patient monitors, kidney hemodialysis units, diagnostic
imaging scanners, incubators, ECG machines, X-ray units, pacemakers,
sterilizers, blood gas analyzers, heart lung machines, and respirators
(4) Perform constant maintenance and testing for defects in machines because
lives depend on accuracy and proper operation
,(5) At times, teach other staff members how to use biomedical equipment
Master's degree
✓~ Awarded by college or university
Requires completion of one or more years beyond a bachelor's degree
Doctorate, doctoral, or doctor's degree
✓~ Awarded by college or university
Requires completion of two or more years beyond a bachelor's or master's
degree
Some require four to six years of additional study
Certification
✓~ A. Issued by professional association or government agency that
regulates a particular career
b. Certificate or statement is issued if person fulfills requirements of education
and performance and meets standards and qualifications established
, c. Examples: certified dental assistant, certified laboratory technician,
certified medical assistant
Registration
✓~ a. Required in some health careers
b. Done by regulatory body (professional associations or state boards) in a
health
care area
c. Administer examinations and maintain current list (the "registry") of qualified
personnel
d. Examples: registered dietitian, registered respiratory therapist, and
registered radiologic technologist
Licensure
✓~ a. * Government agency authorizes individuals to work in a given
occupation
b. Occupations requiring licensure vary from state to state
c. Usually require a person to
