2.1.1 Building a Medical History

Question 1

Primary Care Physician

Answer 1

-First contact for a patient w/ basic health concerns & routine checks up+physicals.

Question 2

Medical Student

Answer 2

Someone who is in school to became a medical doctor

Question 3

Medical Assistant

Answer 3

Unlicensed care giver who works in a Doctors office.

Question 4

Nurse

Answer 4

Licensed. Skilled in maintaining health.

Question 5

Non-physician practitioner

Answer 5

Someone who practices under a medical doctor, such as a nurse practitioner or physicians assistant.

Question 6

Medical Technicians

Answer 6

Uses equipment to do a very specific job such as drawing blood (phlebotomist) or analyzing tissue samples ( histologist)

Question 7

Other specialists

Answer 7

Genetic Counselor, Cardiologist, psychiatrist.

Question 8

patient liaison

Answer 8

An in between for patients & their families & doctors/hospital, helps work out conflicts & address concerns.

Question 9

Medical History

Answer 9

Record of past & current health (habits, lifestyle & family history of illness)

Question 10

Chief Complaint

Answer 10

The patients description of what they feel is their main health problem.

Question 11

Physical signs

Answer 11

Observable signs of illness (rash, coughing, or fever)

Question 12

Symptoms

Answer 12

Any subjective evidence of disease.