1st SEMESTER Flashcards
What is the four humors?
Blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile.
“Father of Medicine” and the founder of the Hippocratic School of Medicine.
HIPPOCRATES
Ophthalmoscope. Invented by?
First visual technology by Hermann von Helmholz.
He proved that urine was formed in the kidney and that arteries carry blood.
GALEN
He/she studies the effects of toxic substances on the physiological functions of human beings.
Toxicologist
First clinical laboratory in the Philippines was established by __________ during ________ and known as the _________.
6th Infantry Division of the US ARMY, World War II, Manila Public Health Laboratory.
Hippocrates authored the oldest binding documents in history which is required to swear upon a number of healing Gods by a new physician.
Hippocratic Oath
Hippocrates believed that diseases _________________ and ______________.
Were caused naturally, the product of environmental factors, diet, and living habits.
Humorism Theory
The four humors: black bile, yellow bile, phlegm, and blood, were fluids that circulated in the body.
Galen described diabetes as?
“Diarrhea of Urine”
A laboratory personnel responsible for the routine preparation, processing, and staining of biopsies and tissue specimens for microscopic examination by a pathologist.
Histotechnologist
What is the first diagnostic medical breakthrough and who invented it?
Stethoscope, Rene Laennec
In the 18th century, ______________ and ___________ were used to provide more objective and accurate diagnosis and to understand the inside of the body.
Mechanical techniques, cadaver dissection.
First President of PAMET? When was he/she elected?
Mr. Charlemagne Tamondong in September 20, 1964.
Explain Medical Technology Act of 1969.
R.A. 5527 or known as Medical Technology Act of 1969, Section 2a, states that a person shall be deemed to be in the practice of medical technology for the purpose of aiding the physician in the diagnosis, study and treatment of diseases and in the promotion of health.
Used in measuring blood pressure. Inventor?
Sphygmomanometer, Jules Herisson.
He discovered by accident that radiation could penetrate solid objects with low density and invented X-ray.
Whilhelm Roentgen.
Founded in 1922 encouraging the cooperation between physicians and clinical pathologists.
American Society of Clinical Pathology.
First hospital in the Philippines in Cebu established by the spaniards.
Hospital Real
Examines microscopic slides of body cells for abnormalities or anomalies in structures.
Cytotechnologist
They conducted a training program for aspiring laboratory workers after instituting the public health laboratory in manila.
Dr. Pio de Roda and Dr. Prudencia Sta. Ana.
ASCP established the code of ethics for technicians and technologists stating that?
These allied health professionals should work under the provision of a physician and refrain from making oral or written diagnosis and advising physicians on how patients should be treated.
First graduate of medical technology program of MSH’s School of Medical Technology.
Dr. Jessie Umali
She was asked to prepare a six-month formal syllabus for the training program with certificate for the trainees upon completion.
Dr. Prudencia Sta. Ana
Year when Medical technology was recognized as an official program in UST.
1961
Contribution is IMMUNOLOGY and discovered vaccination to establish immunity to small pox.
Edward Jenner
Designed to improve the detection, diagnosis, treatment, and monitoring of diseases.
Medical Technology
He was employed as a chemical expert in the Laboratorio Municipal de Manila in the year 1887.
General Antonio Luna
The US government in 1901, through the Philippine Commission established a _________ under the __________.
Bureau of Government Laboratories, Philippines Commission Act No. 156.
Contribution is HISTOLOGY and indentified organs by their types of tissues.
Marie Francois Xavier Bichat
Paul Freer is the first director of what bureau?
Bureau of Government Laboratories
Developed poliomyelitis vaccine. Year?
Jonas Salk, 1954
First school that offered a bachelor’s degree program in Medical Technology in the Philippines.
Manila Sanitarium and Hospital (MSH), year 1954
He discovered Law of Heridity.
Gregor Mendel
It is the year when Karl Landsteiner discovered the ABO blood group system.
1902
Define Science.
A systematized body of knowledge pertaining to a specific field of study and contains general facts that explain a phenomenon.
Ammendments of R.A. 5527
(R.A. 632), (P.D. 498), and (P.D. 1534)
Define technology according to Howell (1996).
Technology is a physical artifact, machine, or instrument; an activity or a means to accomplish a goal; and/or knowledge.
When did RA 5527 also known as Philippine Medical Technology Act, was enacted into law?
June 21, 1969
Core values of PAMET.
Integrity, Professionalism, Commitment, Excellence, and Unity.
Pathologist
The head of a clinical laboratory who is specially trained in the gross and microscopic study and interpretation of tissues, secretions, and excretions of the human body.
When was the 3r week of September was declared as a celebration of the Medical Technology profession and who declared it?
September 21, 1972 by President Ferdinand Marcos.
PAMET meaning, when was it established, who are involved, and where.
Philippine Association of Medical Technology, September 15, 1963 by Mr. Crisanto G. Almario at the Manila Public Health Laboratory.
He/she is a graduate of medical technology with board rating lower than 74.9%.
Medical Laboratory Technician
He/she is a laboratory personnel engaged solely in the collection of blood.
Phlebotomist
Established on May 13, 1970, the national organization of all registered schools of medical technology in the Philippines.
Philippine Association of Schools of Medical Technology and Public Health, Inc. (PASMETH)
Came from the word tekhne “art and craft” and logia “subject or interest”.
Technology
