PUBH 201 COL 3
accreditation of education institutions - correct answer ✔✔a process of setting standards for educational
and training institutions and enforcing these standards using a regularly scheduled institutional self-
study and an outside review.
credentialing - correct answer ✔✔- evaluation of the individual.
- process of verifying that an individual has the desirable or required qualifications to practice a
profession.
ie certification, licensure
certification vs certificate - correct answer ✔✔Certification: a voluntary process towards and becoming
recognized for professional certification
Certificate: a training program setup. complete coursework to earn.
health professionals education trends - correct answer ✔✔4 years patient interaction instead of pre-
clinical and clinicals
licensure - correct answer ✔✔a state governmental function and usually requires more than
certification. may include local residency requirements, criminal background check, continuing
education, etc.
ie RN (license) vs BSN
shortage of nurses - correct answer ✔✔higher demand than supply of RNs. estimated shortage of
200,000 nurses in coming years.
reasons:
- technology - need technology trained nurses
- more patients - baby boomers are aging
- image of nursing: primarily viewed as a female profession
, - restrictions on entry: need BSN
- shortage of nursing faculty
primary care - correct answer ✔✔first contact providers of care who are prepared to handle the great
majority of common problems for which patients seek care.
ie. NPs, PAs, nurse, dentists
1/3 of physicians practice primary care
ideals of primary care - correct answer ✔✔- contact: first contact with patients as they present for
health care
- comprehensive: ability of primary care practitioners/teams to address most health issues
- coordinated: primary care teams have the responsibility to ensure that the parts of the healthcare
system work together for the good of the patient
- continuity: the role that primary care teams see themselves playing to hold together the components
of the system
- caring: personalized relationships with each patient
- community: primary care provides the link with the broader community including with public health
institutions and services.
secondary care - correct answer ✔✔speciality care provided by clinicians who focus on one or small
number of organ systems or on a specific service
ie. obstetrics, gynecology, anesthesiology
tertiary care - correct answer ✔✔subspecialty care - usually based on the type of institution in which it is
delivered and also the type of problem addressed
fee-for-service - correct answer ✔✔a system under which doctors and hospitals receive a payment for
each service they provide
accreditation of education institutions - correct answer ✔✔a process of setting standards for educational
and training institutions and enforcing these standards using a regularly scheduled institutional self-
study and an outside review.
credentialing - correct answer ✔✔- evaluation of the individual.
- process of verifying that an individual has the desirable or required qualifications to practice a
profession.
ie certification, licensure
certification vs certificate - correct answer ✔✔Certification: a voluntary process towards and becoming
recognized for professional certification
Certificate: a training program setup. complete coursework to earn.
health professionals education trends - correct answer ✔✔4 years patient interaction instead of pre-
clinical and clinicals
licensure - correct answer ✔✔a state governmental function and usually requires more than
certification. may include local residency requirements, criminal background check, continuing
education, etc.
ie RN (license) vs BSN
shortage of nurses - correct answer ✔✔higher demand than supply of RNs. estimated shortage of
200,000 nurses in coming years.
reasons:
- technology - need technology trained nurses
- more patients - baby boomers are aging
- image of nursing: primarily viewed as a female profession
, - restrictions on entry: need BSN
- shortage of nursing faculty
primary care - correct answer ✔✔first contact providers of care who are prepared to handle the great
majority of common problems for which patients seek care.
ie. NPs, PAs, nurse, dentists
1/3 of physicians practice primary care
ideals of primary care - correct answer ✔✔- contact: first contact with patients as they present for
health care
- comprehensive: ability of primary care practitioners/teams to address most health issues
- coordinated: primary care teams have the responsibility to ensure that the parts of the healthcare
system work together for the good of the patient
- continuity: the role that primary care teams see themselves playing to hold together the components
of the system
- caring: personalized relationships with each patient
- community: primary care provides the link with the broader community including with public health
institutions and services.
secondary care - correct answer ✔✔speciality care provided by clinicians who focus on one or small
number of organ systems or on a specific service
ie. obstetrics, gynecology, anesthesiology
tertiary care - correct answer ✔✔subspecialty care - usually based on the type of institution in which it is
delivered and also the type of problem addressed
fee-for-service - correct answer ✔✔a system under which doctors and hospitals receive a payment for
each service they provide
