Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM

Browse over 1 million classes created by top students, professors, publishers, and experts.


See full index

MT-MLS 101A (PMLS) > History of Medical Technology > Flashcards

History of Medical Technology Flashcards

1
Q

What year is this?
Hippocrates, father of medicine, and the author of Hippocratic Oath and Galen, a greek physician and philosopher, instigated a rudimentary and qualitative assessment of disorder through measurement of body fluids.

A

300 BC to 180 AD

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

What are the four humors?

300 BC to 180 AD

A

Blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

Hippocrates advocated the tasting of what? And listening to what? And observing outward appearances in the diagnosis of disease.

A

urine
lung

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

He concluded that the appearance of ________, ________, and _______ in urine indicate kidney disease and chronic illnesses.

A

bubbles, blood, and pus

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

Galen describes diabetes as “diarrhea of urine”. It also established a relationship between?

A

fluid intake and urine volume

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

What time is this?
Uroscopy or water casting is widely practiced.

A

Medieval Europe

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

Physicians who failed to examine the urine were subjected to?

A

public beatings

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

What year is this?
The first book detailing the characteristics of urine is written.

A

900 AD

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

What year is this?
Medical practitioners were not allowed to conduct physical examinations of the patient’s body.

A

11th century

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

They relied solely on the patient’s description of symptoms and their observations in 900 AD. True or False.

A

False. In 11th century.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

What year is this?
mechanical techniques and cadaver dissection were used to provide a more objective and accurate diagnosis and to understand the insides of the body.

A

18th century

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

What year is this?
Physicians began using machines for diagnosis or therapeutics.

A

19th century

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

Who made spirometer that is for measuring the vital capacity of the lungs?

A

John Hutchinson

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

Jules Herisson’s _________ for measuring blood pressure.

A

sphygmomanometer

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

Use of ________ was pivotal in the diagnosis of diabetes, anemia, diphtheria, and syphilis during 19th century.

A

chemistry

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

Onset of mechanical and chemical devices spurred the turn from general practice to specialization. Because of the?

A

increasing number of patients and the increasing amount of medical knowledge which generalists could no longer handle.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

The need for medical technicians and __________ also increased.

A

data specialists

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

What year is this?
80 percent of medical professionals were non-physicians. This growth impelled the need for technicians to be proficient in the use of technology.

A

1969

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

All these resulted in increased diagnostic accuracy at the expense of?

A

closer doctor-patient relationship

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

What year is this?
Laboratories designed for analyzing medical specimens were organized by chemical experts.

A

Mid 1800s

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

What year is this?
Technical laboratories regulated by the Centers för Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) began to be used for medical diagnostics in the US

A

Mid 1900s

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
22
Q

What year is this?
Improvements in basic sciences and integration of scientific and technological discoveries (i.e., electrical measurement techniques, sensor development, nuclear medicine, and diagnostic ultrasound) marked the advances in medical technology.

A

20th century

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
23
Q

Medical technologies also made impacts on various?

A

surgical procedures

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
24
Q

Further integration of technology with science ushered in new medical advancements such as?

A

the electron microscope, new medical imaging technologies, and prosthetic devices.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
25
Q

gave way to the visualization of small cells including tumor cells.

A

Electron Microscope

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
26
Q

The adaption of computers in medical research led to?

A

the development of tomography and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
27
Q

Prosthesis such as? were also developed as a result of these innovations. (Electron Microscope)

A

artificial heart valves, artificial blood vessels, functional electromechanical limbs, and reconstructive skeletal joints

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
28
Q

Medical technology breakthroughs persist through? Where Medical technology has improved quality of life and increased life expectancy.

A

robotics, keyhole surgery procedures, genetic engineering, and telemedicine (information technology).

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
29
Q

What year is this?
The University of Pennsylvania’s William Pepper Laboratory of Clinical Medicine was opened to highlight the service role of clinical laboratories.

A

1895

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
30
Q

What year is this?
John Kolmer called for the development of a method that would certify medical technologists on a national scale.

A

1918

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
31
Q

Kolmer published __________ that included a description of the first formal training course in Medical Technology.

A

The Demand for and Training of Laboratory Technicians

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
32
Q

It was also the same year when the state legislature of Pennsylvania enacted a law requiring all hospitals and institutions to have?

A

a fully-equipped laboratory fit for routine testing and to employ a full time laboratory technician.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
33
Q

What year is this?
The administrative units of clinical laboratories in large hospitals were directed by a chief physician.

A

1920

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
34
Q

During 1920, clinical laboratories consisted of 4 to 5 divisions which includes?

A

clinical pathology, bacteriology, microbiology, serology, and radiology.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
35
Q

As clinical laboratories held more prominence in the _______________, the need for technicians and technologists that would assist physicians became greater.

A

delivery of laboratory tests

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
36
Q

What year is this?
The _______________ (ASP) was founded with the objective of encouraging the cooperation between physicians and clinical pathologists as well as maintaining the status of clinical pathologists.

A

1922
American Society for Clinical Pathology

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
37
Q

ASCP also established the _________ for technicians and technologists stating that these allied health professionals should work under the supervision of a physician and refrain from making oral or written diagnosis and advising physicians on how patients should be treated.

A

code of ethics

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
38
Q

The American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science was originally formed as a subgroup of ASCR, helped in the?

A

recognition of nonphysician clinical laboratory scientists as autonomous professionals.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
39
Q

The American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science is formerly known as?

A

the American Society for Medical Technologists

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
40
Q

What year is this?
Medical technologists in the United States sought professional recognition from the government of their educational qualifications through licensure laws.

A

1950s

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
41
Q

What happened in 16th century in the history of medical technologist in the Philippines?

A

The Spanish Empire established Manila as their capital.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
42
Q

In 1565, the first hospital the Spaniards established, Hospital Real in Cebu, was moved to Manila to cater to?

A

Military Patients

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
43
Q

Where is Hospital Real now?

A

Manila

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
44
Q

In 1578 they built the San Lazaro Hospital for the poor and lepers, who are they?

A

The Franciscans

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
45
Q

In 1596, this hospital was founded for poor Spaniards.

A

Hospital de San Juan de Dios

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
46
Q

What year is this?
The center board of vaccination which started producing and distributing vaccine lymph

A

1806

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
47
Q

In 1871, this hospital was founded in Cavite.

A

Hospital de San Jose

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
48
Q

In 1871, they founded the University of Santo Tomas established the first faculties of pharmacy and medicine. Who are they?

A

The Dominicans

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
49
Q

In 1871, With the establishment of both health and educational institutions, journals of science and medicine were also published including the?

A

Boletin de Medicina de Manila (1886)
the Revista Farmaceutica de Filipinas (1893)
Cronicas de Ciencias Medicas (1895) (Anderson, 2006)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
50
Q

What year is this?
Provincial medical officers were appointed to provide health care services throughout the country.

A

1876

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
51
Q

Who were the provincial medical officers?

A

Medicus-titu-lares

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
52
Q

After 1876, it was followed by the establishment of what in 1883?

A

The Board of Health and Charity

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
53
Q

Establishment of The Board of Health and Charity was then expanded in the year?

A

1886

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
54
Q

The Laboratorio Municipal de Manila was established by the Spanish authorities in?

A

1887

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
55
Q

Laboratorio Municipal de Manila is for?

A

for laboratory examinations of food, water, and clinical samples although the laboratory was not adequately used in the study of outbreaks (Anderson, 2007; Cardona et al., 2015).

56
Q

Philippine war hero, ____________, was employed as a chemical expert in Laboratorio Municipal de Manila and pioneered water testing, forensics, and environmental studies

A

General Antonio Luna

57
Q

At the end of Spanish rule, structures of health care and public health were flourishing in?

A

major cities of the country

58
Q

When did this happen?
The Spaniards who were considered to be authorities in medicine, started exploring the microbial causes of diseases.

A

By the end of 19th century

59
Q

In 1898, Vaccine lymph had how many regular vaccinators (vacunadores) in Manila and other major town?

A

122

60
Q

What year is this?
In replacement of the Spanish health system, the Americans established public health institutions modeled after military health care systems.

A

1898

61
Q

After the fall of Manila, the Spanish Military hospital was converted into the First Reserve Hospital in 1898 by __________________ who was a chief surgeon of the Division of the Pacific and Eighth Army Corps.

A

Lt. Col. Henry Lipincott

62
Q

This hospital had a diagnostic laboratory but was not fully maximized when it first became operational due?

A

to its director contracting typhoid fever

63
Q

___________, the successor, utilized the laboratory to perform autopsies and to examine blood, feces, and urine along with other laboratory services

A

Richard P. Strong

64
Q

When did this happen?
However, advancements in medicine and health care during the Spanish colonial rule broke down because of the Philippine-American war

A

1899 to 1902

65
Q

In 1901, The US government, through the Philippine Commission, established a Bureau of Government Laboratories under the?

A

Philippine Commission Act No. 156 (Anderson,2006; Planta, 2017).

66
Q

The Bureau which was located in ________________ had a science library, chemical section, and serum laboratory for the production of vaccines.

A

Calle Herran (Pedro Gil), Ermita, Manila

67
Q

The _____________ was designed to address and develop methods in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of human and animal diseases.

A

biology laboratory

68
Q

In the ___________ , food, plant composition, and minerals were investigated.

A

chemical laboratory

69
Q

He is the bureau’s first director, who ensured that the biological laboratory would be equipped with adequate supplies and equipment such as incubators, sterilizers, microscopes, microtomes, stains, glassware, and chemicals.

A

Paul Freer

70
Q

What is wrong in this sentence?
The main laboratory was composed of three stories and divided into three wings with rooms in the chemical wing having microscope tables by the windows. The rooms had enough space for general laboratory work and processes such as filtering, distilling, and heating.

A

two stories
two wings
biological wing

71
Q

Each biological room had a chemical worktable with gas, water, and vacuums, The opposite wall had a hood with a flue extended to the attic. The biological wing’s floors all had incubators heated by?

A

Bunsen burners and refrigerating boxes (Anderson, 2006; Freer, 1902).

72
Q

the building of Bureau of Government Laboratories was destroyed during?

A

World War Il

73
Q

Presently, the ________________
occupies the area. (Bureau of Government Laboratories)

A

National Institutes of Health of University of the Philippines-Manila

74
Q

With the reorganization of the Bureau of Government Laboratories 1905, the _______________ was established for medical officers who sought a career in laboratory research (Anderson 2006; Planta, 2017).

A

Bureau of Science

75
Q

The laboratory received over 7000 _____________, 900 ___________, and 700 _____________.

A

fecal specimens
urine specimens
blood specimens

76
Q

The Bureau’s medical research and laboratory investigations were mainly focused on microbiology in connection with the onslaught of different diseases such as?

A

cholera, malaria, leprosy, tuberculosis, and dysentery.

77
Q

When did this happen?
The civilian Board of Health established by the Americans was changed into the Bureau of Health (Planta, 2017).

A

At end of Philippine-American War

78
Q

What year is this?
The Bureau worked with the Army Board for the Study of Tropical Diseases until the latter was disbanded.

A

1914

79
Q

In 1914, the Bureau also focused on pathology while the board was intent on studying?

A

white foreigners’ physiology in tropical climates

80
Q

In 1914, The Bureau of Science worked closely with the? Where became an active center for scientific research and instruction in the country.

A

Philippine General Hospital (PGH) and the University of the Philippines.

81
Q

The biological laboratory of the Bureau diligently studied samples coming from across the country. Every day, scientists would study more than a hundred samples of body fluids to identify the?

A

racial bases of diseases through a map of the archipelago’s pathological terrain.

82
Q

What year is this?
The Bureau was reorganized into the Philippine Health Service

A

1915

83
Q

But later on reverted to the Bureau of Health. (After 1915)

A

1933

84
Q

When did this happen?
The University of the Philippines College of Public Health formally opened its Certificate in Public Health program with the aim to provide proper training to the Philippine Health Service’s medical officers.

A

June 1927

85
Q

When did this happen?
Japan attacked the whole of Manila through aerial assault and deployment of troops just ten hours after bombing Pearl Harbor. It was the beginning of the Second World War that resulted in massive casualties.

A

December 8, 1941

86
Q

When did this happen?
Amid this turmoil, the Medical Laboratory unit of the US Army provided medical services with the available laboratory supplies, supplemental laboratory examinations, and epidemiological and sanitary investigations.

A

Second World War

87
Q

The laboratory was also tasked to perform routine water analyses, examination of food supplies, distribution of special reagents and solutions, culture media, and investigation of?

A

epidemics and epizooties.

88
Q

The unit also performed special serological, bacteriological, pathological, and chemical examinations, post-mortem examinations, and preservation of?

A

pathological specimens of value to the US Army Medical Department (WW2 US Medical Research Centre, 2018).

89
Q

The first clinical laboratory in the Philippines was established during World War I by the 6th Infantry Division of the US army at?

A

Quiricada St., Sta. Cruz, Manila.

90
Q

First clinical laboratory in the Philippines is now known as the?

A

Manila Public Health Laboratory (Cardona et al., 2015; Moraleta, 2012; Rabor, 2016; Suba & Milanez, 2017).

91
Q

When did this happen?
The 3rd Medical Laboratory was the first laboratory unit to be assigned in the South West Pacific Area (SWPA).

A

June 18, 1942

92
Q

In 1944, When the US forces landed in _________, the laboratories including the 3rd, 5th and 8th Medical Laboratories and the 19th Medical General Laboratory were relocated to the ______________.

A

Leyte
West Pacific Area

93
Q

In 1944, Added to the list were the 26th and 27th Medical Laboratories and the?

A

363rd Medical Composite Detachment

94
Q

True or False. These medical units were merged but deployed separately as small detachments or mobile laboratory sections to military bases in different islands.

A

False. were not merged

95
Q

The 19th Medical General Laboratory, 3rd Medical Laboratory, and the 363rd Medical Composite Detachment operated in Leyte, The 27th Medical Laboratory operated in ‘Tacloban and the 26th Medical Laboratory operated on?

A

January 9, 1945

96
Q

In ______________, the only laboratory unit in Luzon for six months following the US invasion

A

Lingayen Gulf

97
Q

When the US army left in _____________, the laboratory was endorsed to the National Department of Health and was non-operational until it was reopened in October of the same year by ____________ with the help of then Manila City Health Officer _____________.

A

June of 1945
Dr. Pio de Roda
Dr. Mariano Icasiano

98
Q

After instituting the public health laboratory in Manila, Dr. Pio de Roda along with _______________, conducted a training program for aspiring laboratory workers.

A

Dr. Prudencia Sta. Ana

99
Q

Later on, Dr. Sta Ana was asked to prepare a six-month formal syllabus for the training program with certificates for the trainees upon completion. _______________ joined the two later on (Moraleta, 2012).

A

Dr. Tirso Briones

100
Q

The training program ended in ______ when the Bureau of Private Education approved a four-year course in Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology.

A

1954

101
Q

In 1954, the Manila Sanitarium and Hospital (MSH) opened the first School of Medical Technology in the Philippines under the leadership of?

A

Mrs. Willa Hedrick, wife of Dr. Elvin Hedrick

102
Q

(1954) Soon after, MSH started its medical internship and residency training program which was affiliated with?

A

Loma Linda University in California

103
Q

The ______________ in Baesa, Caloocan City (now Adventist University of the Philippines) absorbed MSH’s School of Medical Technology. What was left with MSH was the facility for its clinical division.

A

Philippine Union College (PUC)

104
Q

___________ was the first graduate of the medical technology program. He later graduated as a Doctor of Medicine at the Far Eastern University (FEU) and became a successful OB-gynecologist in the US (Puno, 2014; Rabor, 2016).

A

Dr. Jesse Umali

105
Q

What year is this?
University of Santo Tomas initially offered the Medical Technology course as an elective for pharmacy students

A

1957

106
Q

That Medical Technology was recognized as an official program in UST (Cardona et al., 2015)

A

1961

107
Q

Year made and by who? Stethoscope

A

1816, by Rene Läennec

108
Q

Year made and by who? Microscope

A

1840, by Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek

109
Q

Year made and by who? Ophthalmoscope

A

1850 by Hermann Von Helmholz

110
Q

Year made and by who?Laryngoscope

A

1855, by Manuel Garcia

111
Q

Year made and by who? X-Ray

A

1859, by Willhelm Roentgen

112
Q

Year made and by who?Electrocardiograph

A

1903, by William Einthoven

113
Q

Year made and by who? Kenny Method

A

1910, by Elizabeth Kenny

114
Q

Year made and by who? Drinker Respirator

A

1927, by Philip Drinker

115
Q

Year made and by who? Heart Lung Machine

A

1939, by John Gibbon

116
Q

Year made and by who? Cardiac catheterization and Anglography

A

1941, by Andre Cournand

117
Q

The father of microbiology; known for his work on the improvement of the microscope.

A

Anton Van Leeuwenhoek (1660)

118
Q

Discovered vaccination to establish immunity to small pox; Impact of contribution: Immunology

A

Edward Jenner (1796)

119
Q

Identify organs by their types of tissues; Impact of contribution: Histology

A

Marie Francois Xavier Bichat (1880)

120
Q

Produced disease in worms by injection of organic material–the beginning of bacteriology

A

Agostino Bassi (1835)

121
Q

Louis Pasteur (1857)

A

Successfully produced immunity to rabies

122
Q

Enunciated his law of inherited characteristics from studies on plants.

A

Gregor Mendel (1866)

123
Q

Joseph Lister (1870)

A

Demonstrated that surgical infections are cause by airborne organisms

124
Q

Robert Koch (1877)

A

Presented the first pictures of bacilli (anthrax), and later tubercle bacilli.

125
Q

Described phagocytes in blood and their role in fighting infection.

A

Elle Metchnikoff (1886)

126
Q

Introduced steam sterilization in surgery.

A

Ernest Von Bergmann (1886)

127
Q

Karl Landsteiner (1902)

A

Distinguished blood groups through the development of the ABO blood group systems.

128
Q

Developed immunologic tests for syphilis

A

August von Wassermann (1906)

129
Q

Discovered microorganisms whose range lies between bacteria and viruses called rickettsiae

A

Howard Ricketts (1906)

130
Q

Hans Fischer (1929)

A

Worked out the structure of hemoglobin

131
Q

Jonas Salk (1954)

A

Developed poliomyelitis vaccine

132
Q

Introduced the Westgard Rules for quality control in the clinical laboratory,

A

James Westgard (1973)

133
Q

Baruch Samuel Blumberg (1980)

A

Introduced the Hepatitis B vaccine

134
Q

Developed the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)

A

Kary Mullis (1985)

135
Q

Introduced the intracytoplasmic sperm injection (IVF)

A

Andre van Steirteghem (1992)

136
Q

James Thomson (1998)

A

Derived the first human Stem Cell line

MT-MLS 101A (PMLS) (7 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2024 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions