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Roles and Responsibilities of Medical Technology Professionals
What does a cytotechnologist do?
Works with pathologists to detect changes in body cells for early disease diagnosis and prepares human tissue for microscopic study.
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Roles and Responsibilities of Medical Technology Professionals
What is the role of a pathologist?
To diagnose disease and monitor laboratory results.
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Ethics in Medical Technology
What is in vitro fertilization commonly known as?
Laboratory fertilization.
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Ethics in Medical Technology
What does Ethical Utilitarianism state?
The rightness or wrongness of actions is determined by their consequences.
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Ethics in Medical Technology
What is a major controversy surrounding stem cells?
How stem cells are sourced.
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Medical Terminologies and Abbreviations
What are the three basic parts of a medical term?
Root word, prefix, and suffix.
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Roles and Responsibilities of Medical Technology Professionals
What is the role of a phlebotomist?
A phlebotomist is trained to draw blood for laboratory tests or blood donations.
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Roles and Responsibilities of Medical Technology Professionals
What is the role of a Nuclear Medical Technologist?
Works alongside nuclear physicians, applying knowledge of radiation physics and safety regulations.
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Ethics in Medical Technology
What is Ethical Relativism?
A school of ethics that states morality is relative to the norms of a particular culture.
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Moral Issues in Medicine
What is genetic screening?
A procedure to screen and select genes for the detection of genetic diseases and chromosomal malformations.
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Medical Technology in the Philippines
What was significant about the Manila Sanitarium Hospital in 1954?
It opened the first school of Medical Technology in the Philippines.
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Key Figures in Medicine
What significant medical advancement did Edward Jenner discover?
Vaccination to establish immunity to smallpox.
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Defining Medical Technology
How is medical technology defined?
Designed to improve the detection, diagnosis, treatment, and monitoring of diseases.
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Roles and Responsibilities of Medical Technology Professionals
What is required for a medical laboratory technician to be certified?
They must be certified by and registered with the Board of Medical Technology.
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History of Medical Technology
What are the Four Humors measured by Hippocrates and Galen?
Blood, Phlegm, Yellow Bile, Black Bile.
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Development of Medical Instruments
What did Jules Herrison invent?
The Sphygmomanometer for measuring blood pressure.
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Medical Terminologies and Abbreviations
What does PASMETH represent?
Philippine Association of Schools of Medical Technology and Public Health.
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Medical Terminologies and Abbreviations
What is the full form of AIDS?
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome.
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Key Figures in Medicine
What did Karl Landsteiner develop?
The ABO blood group system.
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Roles and Responsibilities of Medical Technology Professionals
What is one responsibility of medical technology professionals?
Perform Clinical Laboratory Testing.
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Moral Issues in Medicine
What is stem-cell therapy?
Uses stem cells to treat or prevent disease and is subject to ethical debate.
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Medical Terminologies and Abbreviations
What is the meaning of PHISMETS?
Philippine Society of Medical Technology Students.
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Medical Terminologies and Abbreviations
What is the function of a combining vowel in medical terms?
To make the pronunciation of the word easier.
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Key Figures in Medicine
What law did Gregor Mendel enunciate?
The law of inherited characteristics from studies on plants.
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Roles and Responsibilities of Medical Technology Professionals
What does a toxicologist study?
Studies the effects of toxic substances on physiological functions to develop data for consumer protection and industrial safety.
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Moral Issues in Medicine
What is the legal status of abortion in the Philippines?
Considered illegal, as the state recognizes the sanctity of life and protects both the mother and unborn.
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Development of Medical Instruments
What is the purpose of the Spirometer invented by John Hutchinson?
To measure the vital capacity of the lungs.
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Key Figures in Medicine
What did Marie Francois Xavier Bichat identify?
Organs by their types of tissues.
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Medical Technology in the Philippines
What governs the medical technology profession in the Philippines?
R.A. 5527, also known as the Medical Technology Act of 1969.
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Moral Issues in Medicine
What ethical concerns are associated with genetic engineering?
Involves genetic manipulations perceived to be against societal moral standards.
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Medical Terminologies and Abbreviations
What is PAMET?
Philippine Association of Medical Technologists, Inc.
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Medical Terminologies and Abbreviations
What does HIV stand for?
Human Immunodeficiency Virus.
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Roles and Responsibilities of Medical Technology Professionals
How can medical technology professionals assist in health promotion?
By cooperating with other health care professionals in health promotion campaigns.
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History of Medical Technology
What significant medical advancement occurred in the 18th century?
Mechanical techniques and cadaver dissection were used for accurate diagnosis.
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Medical Terminologies and Abbreviations
What is EDTA?
Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid.
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Roles and Responsibilities of Medical Technology Professionals
What is required to pass the civil service examination for medical technicians?
Completion of a 2-year college course and at least 1 year of experience as a medical laboratory technician.
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Key Figures in Medicine
What did Robert Koch present the first pictures of?
Bacilli (anthrax) and later tubercle bacilli.
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Ethics in Medical Technology
What is ethics in the context of medical technology?
The moral code that guides how an individual should behave, dealing with moral principles.
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History of Medical Technology
What was the first book detailing urine characteristics, and when was it written?
De Urinis, written in 900 A.D.
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Professional Ethics in Healthcare
What does professional ethics cover?
Morally accepted behavior of individuals in the workplace.
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Medical Terminologies and Abbreviations
How is the plural form of medical terms typically formed?
By changing the end of the word, not by simply adding 'S'.
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Roles and Responsibilities of Medical Technology Professionals
What is the responsibility of a histotechnologist?
Responsible for routine preparation, processing, and staining of biopsies and tissue specimens for microscopic examination.
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Moral Issues in Medicine
What is euthanasia?
The process of inducing painless death for severely debilitated individuals, considered merciful.
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History of Medical Technology
What is 'Water Casting' or Uroscopy?
A visual examination of urine for diagnosis.
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Medical Technology in the Philippines
When was the first clinical laboratory in the Philippines established?
During World War II by the 6th Infantry Division of the US Army.
