History of Medicine
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- Aesculapius
- son of Apollo, god of medicine, healing powers
- $125
- How much does it cost to take the certifying exam?
- Johns Hopkins
- teaching and research by members of the medical faculty
- Nat'l Inst. of Health
- uncovers new knowledge leading to better health for everyone.
- CDC
- Federal Agency concerned with health and safety of people throughout the world
- World Health Organization
- promotes cooperation between nations in controlling and eliminating diseases
- Kubler-Ross
- helps professionals and laypersons understand the stages of grief
- Roentgen
- discovered x-ray
- 1955
- year AAMA came into existence
- Crawford Long
- first to use ether
- Pasteur
- studies in bacteriology
- USA Army Medical Research Inst. of Infectious Diseases
- protects service members from infectious diseases
- Lister
- used Pasteur's discoveries in surgery
- Blackwell
- first woman in US to receive the Dr. of medicine degree
- Jenner
- smallpox vaccine
- Caduceus
- staff of Apollo, encircled by 2 serpents, insignia of the US Army Medical Corps.
- Sanger
- American leader of the birth control movement
- Galen
- Greek physician-Prince of Physicians,father of Experimental Physiology and first experimental neurologist
- Maxine Williams
- first president of the AAMA
- Semmelweis
- discovered the importance of handwashing
- Salk, Sabin
- polio vaccine
- CAAHEP & ABHES
- 2 agencies that accredit medical assisting programs
- Great
- What is the job outlook for Medical Assistants?
- Harvey
- discovered hearts acts as a pump
- Malpighi
- described the pulmonary and capillary network connecting the smallest arteries with the smallest veins
- Curies
- discovered radium
- Vesalius
- Belgian anatomist, father of modern anatomy
- Barton
- organized American Red Cross
- Houston, TX
- Where 2009 conference will be held
- Bernard
- first human heart transplant
- Nightingale
- founder of modern nursing "the lady with the lamp"
- Koch
- Postulates-criteria that must be satisfied for an organism to be accepted as the causative agent of a disease.
- Hippocrates
- responsible for oath taken by physicians pertaining to the ethical practice of medicine
- Moses
- first public health officer
- Hunter
- Founder of Scientific Surgery
- Leeuwenhoek
- microscope
- Dept. of Health and Human Services
- 300 programs in medical and social science research
- continuing educ. or reexam
- How does a medical assistant maintain their certification?
- every five years
- How often a medical assistant needs to recertify
- CAAHEP
- Who is Gwinnett Tech's program accredited by?