Medicine
- Discuss with your counselor the influence that
EIGHT of the following people or events had on the
history of medicine:
- Hippocrates
- The invention of Gunpowder
- William Harvey
- Antoine van Leeuwenhoek
- Edward Jenner
- Florence Nightingale
- Louis Pasteur
- Gregor Mendel
- Joseph Lister
- Robert Koch
- Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen
- Marie and Pierre Curie
- Walter Reed
- Karl Landsteiner
- Alexander Fleming
- Jonas Salk
- Explain the Hippocratic Oath to your counselor, and
compare to the original version to a more modern one.
Discuss to whom those subscribing to the original version
of the oath owe the greatest allegiance.
- Discuss the health care provider-patient relationship
with your counselor, and the importance of such a
relationship in the delivery of quality care to the
patient. Describe the role of confidentiality in this
relationship.
- Do the following:
- Describe the roles the following people play in the
delivery of health care in your state. (Note: Not
all may exist in your state.)
- Physician
- Chiropractor
- Optometrist
- Podiatrist
- Pharmacist
- Psychologist
- Physician's assistant
- Nurse practitioner
- Nurse-midwife
- Registered Nurse
- Licensed vocational/practical nurse
- Medical assistant
- Emergency medical technician
- Medical laboratory technologist
- Radiologic technologist
- Physical therapist
- Occupational therapist
- Respiratory therapist
- Describe the educational and licensing requirements
for five of those in 4(a) --other than 4(a)(1)- -
practicing health care in your state.
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- Tell what is meant by the term "primary care" with
regard to a medical specialty. Briefly describe the
types of work done by physicians in the following
"core" specialties:
- Internal medicine*
- Family practice
- Obstetrics/gynecology*
- Pediatrics
- Psychiatry
- Surgery
- Describe the additional educational requirements for
those specialties.
- Briefly describe the types of work performed by
physicians in FIVE of the following specialties or
subspecialties:
- Allergy/immunology
- Anesthesiology
- Cardiovascular disease
- Colon and rectal surgery
- Dermatology
- Emergency Medicine
- Endocrinology and metabolism
- Gastroenterology
- Geriatric medicine
- Hematology/oncology
- Infectious disease
- Nephrology
- Neurological surgery
- Neurology
- Nuclear medicine
- Opthalmology
- Orthopedic surgery
- Otolaryngology/head and neck surgery
- Pathology
- Physical medicine and rehabilitation/sports medicine
- Plastic, reconstructive, and maxillofacial surgery.
- Preventive medicine
- Radiology
- Rheumatology
- Thoracic/cardiothoracic surgery
- Urology
- Vascular surgery
- Describe the additional educational requirements for
the five specialties or subspecialties you chose in
6(a).
- Visit a physician's office**, preferably one who
delivers "primary care." (This may be that of your
counselor.) Discuss the components of a medical
history and physical examination (an official BSA
health form may be used to guide this discussion),
and become familiar with the instruments used.
- Describe the characteristics of a good diagnostic
test to screen for disease (e.g. routine blood
pressure measurement). Explain briefly why diagnostic
tests are not perfect.
- Show how to take a blood pressure reading and a pulse
reading.
- Do the following:
- Discuss the roles medical societies, the insurance
industry, and the government play in influencing the
practice of medicine in the United States.
- Briefly tell how your state monitors the quality of
health care within its borders, and how it provides
care to those who do not have health insurance.
- Compare and discuss with your counselor the health care
delivery systems in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
- Serve as a volunteer at a health-related event or facility
in your community (e.g. Blood drive, "health fair",
blood pressure screening, etc.) approved by your counselor.
* "Primary care" specialties
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If this cannot be arranged, demonstrate to your counselor
that you understand the components of a medical history and
physical, and discuss the instruments involved.