Final Exam Flashcards
How many determinants of health are there?
12
Income and socail status
Higher income ans socail status are linked to better health
determinants of overall health, biggest to smallest
Individual behaviour, genetics, social circumstance, enviromental factors, healthcare
How do we measure or evaulate health
life expectancy
lowest life expectancy in the world
lesotho
QALY
quality-adjusted life years
PYLL
Potential years life lost
DFLE
disability free life expectancy
if SASK decided the engage in a contract with a private hospital from USA to provide hospial services in the province, it would be contradictory to what criteria of the Canada health act
public administration
Wait times are directly proportional to socioeconomic status
false
Jordan’s principle seeks to ensure equitable level of services for what population
first nations children
Attending a walk-in clininc is what level of care
primary
Which provines provide co-payment suport for Positive airway pressure (PAP) devices for sleep apnea
SK, MB, ON
What helath services are not included in the pulbic health coverage in Canada
ophthalmology, pharmacology, dentistry
what % of canadians do not have pirvate helath insurance
40
the federal government provides direct healthcare funding for what groups?
Canadian military personnel and refugee immagrants
being on a ventilator for life support is what level of care
tertiary
The fact that dental care in not covered is contradictory to what criteria of the canadian health act
comprehensiveness
aporx. what % of healthcare is privately funded in canada
30%
What province provides comprehensive home care services (extra-mural program)
NB
acess to healthcare has the biggest overall impact on personal health (T/F)
False
What has the biggest impact on overall health
personal health practices
What social determinant of health cannot be changed
genetics
Rate of dedease is also known as…
morbidity
What organization(s) administer the majority of healthcare in Canada
Provincial government
What organization(s) funds the majority of healthcare
Federal government
a phone call to a health information line is at the level of primary care (T/F)
true
The Fragerstrom test is done for what
nicotine dependance
Infant mortality rates are double in what Canadian communities
first nations
If a patient weighs 150lbs and is 5’1” tall, their BMI is 28. Their BMI indicates they would be considered…
overweight
formula: BMI = weight/height^2
underweight = < 19
normal = 19 - 25
overweight = 25 - 30
Obese = 30 +
Binger drinking is considered to be 2-3 drinks in one session (T/f)
false, its 4-5
The thesis statement should be in the ___ section of your paper
introduction
Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are highest level of evidence (T/F)
False, its systematic reviews and meta-analysis)
Focus group meetings would be considered quantitative research
false, its qualitive
When using APA format and making reference to an idea from another’s work, the in-text citation should be in what format…
(author, year)
Meta-analyses are a primary source of evidence
false
You have COPD and you have consented to be in a new drug randomized-controlled trial, you have what chance of being in the experimental group compared to the control group
Same chance for either group
Case report studies are representative to the population and can be referenced to change your practice
false
Research Ethics Board (REB) approval seeks to ensure the study results are valid
false
The Journal of Medical Imaging is an example of grey literature
false, its peer-reviewed literature
When a person has the ability to understand information provided to them so they can make their own personal-care decisions is referred to as…
Capacity
The majority of our communication is verbal
false
Empathic communication involves first to be understood
False, first the understand then to be understood
Stereotypes and assumptions about different groups, is an example of what type of bias
perception
What are the 1st and 5th stages of Tuckman’s model of team development
forming + adjourning
1st to 5th: forming, storming, norming, performing, adjourning
The patient is legally permitted to view their medical records
true
The most common cause of liability in healthcare is
negligance
When a person lacks the capacity to consent to medical-care, who is able to legally make decisions
substitue decision-maker (SDM)
When a person lacks the capacity to consent to medical-care, and does not have a SDM, who is able to legally make decisions?
closest relative
What profession in SHS has existed as an official professions the longest
RADT
RESP and DMUT are professions that are most concerned with ALARA.
false
In order to have a license to work in NS, a sonographer MUST belong to sonography Canada
false
The NSCRT main responsibility is to educate Respiratory Therapists in NS about new therapies and technologies
false
Dalhousie health sciences library (kelogg) is physically located in what two buildings on campus
CHEB and tupper
Where would you find the online live help desk for the library?
Libraries homepage
https://libraries.cal.ca/
What database would be the best place to find physical or electronic books during your evidence search?
Novanet
Where can you find health science specific content when searching
subject guides
Health Canada’s “Guideline to healthy eating” would be considered what type of evidence?
Grey literature
What organizations publication would be an example of grey literature?
NS college of medical imaging and radiation therapy professional (NSCMiRTP)
material and research produced by organizations outside of the traditional commercial or academic publishing and distribution channels (i.e. reports (annual, research, technical, project, etc.), working papers, government documents, white papers and evaluations.
grey literature
What will help you manage your citation when writing a paper?
Zotero
CINAHL stand for cumulative indications for numerous health aliments (T/F)
False
when searching CINAHL, quotation marks are used to search a specific phrase (T/F)
True
How do you sign out physical books at the dal library
DalCard
What type of research is more appropriate fro getting a better idea of patient/client perspective?
Qualiative
What type of research would be used to descriptive statistic to review the results and data
Quantitive
you decide to conduct a study of the attitude among university students to mandatory non-medial mask wearing during the pandemic.
You conduct various focus groups of students to get their feelings and attitudes.
What yper of research would it be?
Qualiative
You sit at a busy street and count how many people are wearing a mask and how many arent. What study design would this be?
Quantative and cross-sectional
You decide to survey people to see if there is a relationship b/w eating fast food and weight gain in the past year. What study design would this be?
cohort study
what tool can be used for apraising RCT?
Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials
(CONSORT)
wgat does ethics aproval seek to acheive in a research study?
ensure subjects are safe and not at risk of harm
What section of a research article has a breif summary of the study as well as the results?
Abstract
The forrest plot that is on the logo of the Cochran Library database is based on a study thst was conducting research in what area?
steroid use in premature births
What is the term that describes the expression “this MRI will be a peice of cake for you”
idiom
people with low health literacy have a higher risk of mortality
true
People with higher health literacy tend to have more hospital admissions
False
acording to public health agency of canada, what % of canadian adults have adequate helth literacy levels?
40%
Non-verbal communication account for what % of overall communication b/w individuals?
60
being less than ____ ft is considered to be within someones personal space
4 ft
what is the maximum # of key points that should be included in information to pateitns/families to help with their undertsnading
3-5
we have 2 ears and one mouth so we should talk twice as much as we listen
false
seek first the undertsnad, then to be understood are the two main principles of ___ communication
empathic
The primary purpose of a health professional licensing or regulatory body is to provide education to its members on the newest technologies and therapies
false
A tehcnologist notices signs of abuse on a 5 y/o child and reports it to authorities. Is this a breach of confidentiality?
NO
The patient has a right to confidentiality
false, they have the right to provacy
An MRI tech odesnt beleive in vaccines. She posts about it online all the time, is she acting appropriately?
No
an SDM mist follow the patients wishes
True
Restrains used may be chemical or physical
True
ALl healthcare professionals owe a ‘duty to care’ to their partients, which can be charged in court wheb not occuring
True
You write a note in the patients chart, make a mistake, and cover it up with liquid paper. It this appropriate?
No
Hyperbaric medicine uses what type of therapy?
increased oxygen pressure
what animal is sonography science based on
bat
x-rays were inapropriatey used for what purpose?
shoe fitting
RT’s who work in advanced practice as a perfusionist work mostly in what area?
cardiac ‘open heart’ surgery
what % of sonographers have pain when scanning?
80-90
what is the regulatory/licensing bosy for RT in NS?
NS college of respiratory therapists (NSCRT)
Nuclear medicine is only used ofr diagnosses of illness and not for treatment
false
tissue that responds to radionucleotides with a nuclear medicine scan is reffered to as “hot spot”
true
sonography is not good at imaging the ____
stomach
What type of scan is predominently done by nuclear medicine techs
PET scans
what organization regulates and licences sonographers in NS
NSCMiRTP
the avanced practice in RADT as a reporting radiographer in seen in what country
UK
Where are most of the radionucleotides produced
netherlands
an examble of a anechoic body part is blood
true
When you open a tank for the first time to remove debris and dust from the valve it is reffered to as ___
cracking
