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 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 4a -- other than 4a1 -- practicing health care in your state.
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 (a "primary care" specialty)
Family practice (a "primary care" specialty)
Obstetrics/gynecology (a "primary care" specialty)
Pediatrics (a "primary care" specialty)
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
Ophthalmology
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 6a.
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.
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.
Describe the characteristics of a good diagnostic test to screen
for disease (eg, 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 (eg, blood drive, "health fair", blood pressure
screening, etc) approved by your counselor.