D393 Healthcare in America Test Questions with
Correct Solutions
Pennsylvania Hospital - ANSWER The first hospital in the United States founded by Benjamin
Franklin and Thomas Bond (1751)
Bellevue Hospital - ANSWER opened to provide care regardless of status
Yellow Fever Outbreak - ANSWER 1791 severely strained US healthcare system
Vaccine Act of 1813 - ANSWER An Act to Encourage Vaccination:
- The first federal endorsement of a medical practice in US history
- Supply of smallpox vaccine nationwide managed by federal agents
physician shortage - ANSWER estimated shortage of 100,000 physicians by 2025
Imhotep - ANSWER -first physician ever mentioned
-dates back to 2600 BC
-ancient Egypt
Dr. Rusch - ANSWER 1790 - used extreme measures
-broke off with followers and formed own academy of med
Dr. Jean Davis - ANSWER Chief Dr at Yellow Fever hospital
-autopsies showed death by mercury poisoning, etc from Rusch's methods
Dr. Curry - ANSWER Gentle approach to yellow fever healing
-rest, hydration. wine
, Edward Jenner - ANSWER Developed a vaccine for smallpox in 1796
1st legitimate insurance - ANSWER Blue Cross
1929
Baylor Univ. Hopsital
Dallas, TX
urbanization - ANSWER physicians settled in urban areas to avoid having to travel distances to
find people to treat
specialization - ANSWER 1950s
predominant mode of practice in the US
earliest examples - 1830
instiutionalization - ANSWER society began to expect that sick could obtain care from a hospital
and get well
medical profession gained cultural authority - ANSWER institutionalization
Ignaz Semmelwies - ANSWER hand washing
William Henry Welch - ANSWER -first postgraduate medical training program
-Medical school's dean
-founder John Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health
William Osler - ANSWER -Father of Med
-created first residency program
Correct Solutions
Pennsylvania Hospital - ANSWER The first hospital in the United States founded by Benjamin
Franklin and Thomas Bond (1751)
Bellevue Hospital - ANSWER opened to provide care regardless of status
Yellow Fever Outbreak - ANSWER 1791 severely strained US healthcare system
Vaccine Act of 1813 - ANSWER An Act to Encourage Vaccination:
- The first federal endorsement of a medical practice in US history
- Supply of smallpox vaccine nationwide managed by federal agents
physician shortage - ANSWER estimated shortage of 100,000 physicians by 2025
Imhotep - ANSWER -first physician ever mentioned
-dates back to 2600 BC
-ancient Egypt
Dr. Rusch - ANSWER 1790 - used extreme measures
-broke off with followers and formed own academy of med
Dr. Jean Davis - ANSWER Chief Dr at Yellow Fever hospital
-autopsies showed death by mercury poisoning, etc from Rusch's methods
Dr. Curry - ANSWER Gentle approach to yellow fever healing
-rest, hydration. wine
, Edward Jenner - ANSWER Developed a vaccine for smallpox in 1796
1st legitimate insurance - ANSWER Blue Cross
1929
Baylor Univ. Hopsital
Dallas, TX
urbanization - ANSWER physicians settled in urban areas to avoid having to travel distances to
find people to treat
specialization - ANSWER 1950s
predominant mode of practice in the US
earliest examples - 1830
instiutionalization - ANSWER society began to expect that sick could obtain care from a hospital
and get well
medical profession gained cultural authority - ANSWER institutionalization
Ignaz Semmelwies - ANSWER hand washing
William Henry Welch - ANSWER -first postgraduate medical training program
-Medical school's dean
-founder John Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health
William Osler - ANSWER -Father of Med
-created first residency program
