HSCI 101 MIDTERM 1 | 103 QUESTIONS |
WITH ALL PASSED ANSWERS!!
What year was the college of health and human sciences established? Answer
- August 2010
5-P advice from the instructor Answer - Prior Preparation Prevents Poor
Performance
What do health science professions deal with? Answer - diseases, causes ,
treatment, and prevention
What is the difference between diseases and disorders? Answer - Disease:
distinctive process in the body with a specific cause and characteristic
symptoms that can be transmitted from one person to another
Disorder: irregularity, disturbance, or interruption of normal body functions,
usually not transmissible
What are the two major categories of health professionals? Answer - allied
(private) health professionals and public health professionals
What are the four major categories of health services provided by the US
healthcare system? Answer - diagnosis and treatment, rehabilitation, health
promotion , and disease prevention services
What are the categories of hospitals in the US? Answer - nonprofit and for-
profit
,What are the types of managed healthcare organizations in the US? Answer -
health maintenance organizations (HMOs), preferred provider organizations
(PPOs), association plans
What are some major characteristics of the US healthcare system? Answer -
varies, delivery of individual healthcare is directed by physicians in private
practice, fed gov has no authority to provide direct individual services but
finances research and medicare and medicaid, local and state provide public
health services, primarily financed by person, non-government funds, or is paid
directly by consumers through private health insurance
What is medicare and medicaid? Answer - medicare: federal insurance
healthcare for elderly (65+) and certain disabled people, given same benefits as
those off of it, gov pays hospital bills, run by HHS's health care financing admin.
medicaid: healthcare for indigent who have incomes below the poverty level
established by state, approx 60% of patients bill paid to private nursing by
medicaid, many private practices do not accept it because of low
reimbursement or denial of payments for services provided
What is the number of healthcare workers in the US? Answer - 14 million
What are the leading causes of death in the US? Answer - heart disease,
cancer, stroke, diabetes
Who are primary health providers? Answer - physician, dentist, nurse
Who are allied healthcare providers? Answer - physical therapist, audiologist,
dental hygienist, physician assistant
What are the undergraduate majors for premed? Answer - biomedical health
science, bio, chem?
, What are the 3 levels of pre-professional preparation? Answer - academic
credentials, non-academic credentials, interpersonal skills and personal
development
What are the academic requirements for professional healthcare? Answer - 3.5
GPA or higher, don't give up on grades
What are the non-academic requirements for professional healthcare? Answer
- establish a record of interest, gain experience in your field, campus
involvement and leadership, community service and volunteering, seek out
undergraduate research, learn all you can about your field
How to personally and prepare for this career path? Answer - keep exploring,
develop your expertise, maintain your focus, analyze your motivations, build
your community, believe in yourself
What are some things to avoid on campus for better preparation for a
healthcare career/major? Answer - distractions?
What are the premed requirements for clinical medicine? Answer - great
grades, research experience, clinical experience (shadow, work in clinical
setting), extra curricular (leadership roles, do thing you love, well rounded)
Should you become a doctor for clinical medicine? Answer - if you like
challenges
What are the duties of resident physicians in clinical medicine? Answer -
treated as a physician, having own patients
WITH ALL PASSED ANSWERS!!
What year was the college of health and human sciences established? Answer
- August 2010
5-P advice from the instructor Answer - Prior Preparation Prevents Poor
Performance
What do health science professions deal with? Answer - diseases, causes ,
treatment, and prevention
What is the difference between diseases and disorders? Answer - Disease:
distinctive process in the body with a specific cause and characteristic
symptoms that can be transmitted from one person to another
Disorder: irregularity, disturbance, or interruption of normal body functions,
usually not transmissible
What are the two major categories of health professionals? Answer - allied
(private) health professionals and public health professionals
What are the four major categories of health services provided by the US
healthcare system? Answer - diagnosis and treatment, rehabilitation, health
promotion , and disease prevention services
What are the categories of hospitals in the US? Answer - nonprofit and for-
profit
,What are the types of managed healthcare organizations in the US? Answer -
health maintenance organizations (HMOs), preferred provider organizations
(PPOs), association plans
What are some major characteristics of the US healthcare system? Answer -
varies, delivery of individual healthcare is directed by physicians in private
practice, fed gov has no authority to provide direct individual services but
finances research and medicare and medicaid, local and state provide public
health services, primarily financed by person, non-government funds, or is paid
directly by consumers through private health insurance
What is medicare and medicaid? Answer - medicare: federal insurance
healthcare for elderly (65+) and certain disabled people, given same benefits as
those off of it, gov pays hospital bills, run by HHS's health care financing admin.
medicaid: healthcare for indigent who have incomes below the poverty level
established by state, approx 60% of patients bill paid to private nursing by
medicaid, many private practices do not accept it because of low
reimbursement or denial of payments for services provided
What is the number of healthcare workers in the US? Answer - 14 million
What are the leading causes of death in the US? Answer - heart disease,
cancer, stroke, diabetes
Who are primary health providers? Answer - physician, dentist, nurse
Who are allied healthcare providers? Answer - physical therapist, audiologist,
dental hygienist, physician assistant
What are the undergraduate majors for premed? Answer - biomedical health
science, bio, chem?
, What are the 3 levels of pre-professional preparation? Answer - academic
credentials, non-academic credentials, interpersonal skills and personal
development
What are the academic requirements for professional healthcare? Answer - 3.5
GPA or higher, don't give up on grades
What are the non-academic requirements for professional healthcare? Answer
- establish a record of interest, gain experience in your field, campus
involvement and leadership, community service and volunteering, seek out
undergraduate research, learn all you can about your field
How to personally and prepare for this career path? Answer - keep exploring,
develop your expertise, maintain your focus, analyze your motivations, build
your community, believe in yourself
What are some things to avoid on campus for better preparation for a
healthcare career/major? Answer - distractions?
What are the premed requirements for clinical medicine? Answer - great
grades, research experience, clinical experience (shadow, work in clinical
setting), extra curricular (leadership roles, do thing you love, well rounded)
Should you become a doctor for clinical medicine? Answer - if you like
challenges
What are the duties of resident physicians in clinical medicine? Answer -
treated as a physician, having own patients
