Health Care Careers

1. Health Care Careers Medical Jeopardy REMINDER; YOU CAN NOT BE EXEMPT FROM THE EXAM TWO WEEKS IN A ROW, but you get to use the jeopardy points on the exam to curve your grade Never slam your buttons You can use your task sheet notes up to five points then put them away to go on. Every team must have at least one point to continue for everyone (breaking the ice) Don’t hit a button and THEN look up the answer

2. Two colleges that issue Associates Degrees in the Houston/Fort Bend area

3. Houston Community College and Wharton County Junior College

4. It is the science of motion of the body

5. What is “kinesiology”?

6. It is the science of how joints of the body work

7. What is “biomechanics”?

8. What a “geriatric periodontic oncologist” treats

9. The main advantage of a private college vs. a state college

10. Smaller class size

11. The weakening of a body wall allowing internal organs to visibly protrude out

12. What is a hernia? (remember the baby with the belly button bump? Take class notes)

13. The fastest growing medical disease currently developing in the U.S.

14. What is diabetes?

15. A health care worker who deals with family divorce, abuse issues and other familial challenges

16. What is a social worker? (MSW degree)

17. The number of years a physical therapist must go to school beyond high school

18. What is eight? (Doctor of PT)

19. You earn an MD degree but want to practice advanced physical therapy. Name this new medical profession

20. Physiatry

21. You’ll see this famous home in Agra

22. What is the Taj Mahal?

23. Root canal would most likely be performed by this specialist

24. What is an endodontist?

25. A specialist who treats gum disease

26. What is a periodontist?

27. A medical specialist who measures you for contact lenses

28. What is an optometrist? (OD)

29. The degree associated with one who defends you in court

30. What is a J.D.? (attorney/lawyer/ Juris Doctorate although law school is only 3 yrs))

31. The type of surgeon you would consult for skin grafting

32. What is a cosmetic/plastic surgeon? Secondarily, dermatologists if they are surgically trained.

33. To reattach the nerves of your finger together after severing it, you would consult this type of surgeon

34. What is a neurosurgeon?

35. He has had a “license to kill” and is a November Man currently.

36. Pierce Brosnan

37. You would like to deliver babies but don’t want to spend 11 years of training to become an Ob/Gyn; what career is for you?

38. What is a midwife? (obstetrical nurse) having a BSN, RN and two year obstetric nursing residency ($90,000/yr. career)

39. The difference in duties of an OT vs. a PT

40. Occupational therapists train those with disabilities to learn to live independently and even get employable skills while physical therapists rehabilitate those suffering after trauma or surgery to better function physically

41. He is the most famous pediatric neurosurgeon who just retired, will be running for president and is the subject of the HBO movie “Gifted Hands”

42. Dr. Ben Carson

43. One year of college training in a field will generally make you a __________in that field while two years of training will usually make you a ____________in that same field (usually at double the pay) while four years will make you a ___________in the field

44. 1 year of college=aide or assistant • 2 years of college=technician • 4 years of college=technologist • Example: medical, dental, veterinarian, radiology or lab… asset, technician or technologist

45. Someone who takes risks to start a business, creates jobs and is their own boss is known as this

46. What is an entrepreneur?

47. Rehabilitation centers for post operative patients are probably staffed by these specialists

48. What are physical therapists and perhaps, physiatrists (MD PT’s)?

49. A children’s dentist

50. Pedodontist