History and Development of Medical Technology Flashcards
The laws in medical technology are a collection of implementing rules and regulations (IRR) governing the practice of medical technology pursuant to the provisions of the
Medical Technology Act of 1969
These laws provide a glimpse of the policies and guidelines for the accreditation of Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology and Bachelor of Science in Laboratory Science programs, clinical laboratories. water testing, and drug testing laboratories.
Medical Technology Act of 1969
is a branch of the allied health professions that deals with the study of various disciplines such as chemistry, microbiology, parasitology, blood banking, hematology, clinical microscopy, histology, and histopathology, among others.
Medical technology
The earliest laboratory works and activities
Ancient laboratory practice
Collectively known as the paramedical professions
Allied professions
The American colonial regime in the Philippines
American occupation
Surgeons who are connected with the armed forces
Army Surgeons
The laws or orders governing persons, property, ownership, obligations and contracts, succession, intestate proceedings, and family and marriage; the Muslim Code of Personal Laws of the Philippines
Civil Law of the Philippines.
The system of laws or orders governing punishable acts or omissions (crimes) and their corresponding penalties
Criminal law
Acts and omissions which constituted crimes against persons, property, and public interest, chastity, national security, liberty, fundamental laws of the state, and public safety
Felony
The laws or orders governing labor relations, social legislation, conditions of employment, human resource development programs, health, safety, social welfare benefits, and pre-and post-employment
Labor law
Perennial issues and concerns which are present in this modern era of medical technology practice
Legal issues and concerns.
Practitioners who examine and diagnose the health of patients inside a laboratory
Medical technologists
The medical technology profession
(key term)
Profession
The ethics governing the medical technology profession
Professional ethics
Professional organizations of Medtech in the Philippines
The Philippine Association of Medical Technologists (PAMET) and the Philippine Association of Schools of Medical Technology and Public Health (PASMETH)
Ancient Laboratory Practices started in what year
400 B.C.
The diagnosis of diseases in the ancient world greatly depended on?
observation of the clinical symptoms of the patient’s
PALPATION AND AUSCULTATION
In ancient times therapeutic procedures were only available to
upper classes
The medical treatment of people in the middle and lower classes were non-scientific such as?
divination through the performance of RITUALS OR SACRIFICES to certain gods
when did several great philosophers began to use rudimentary methodology to diagnose diseases or provide immediate relief to some of the dreadful diseases at the time
300 B.C.
What great development in medical technology happened in 300 B.C.
several great philosophers began to use
RUDIMENTARY METHODOLOGY
to diagnose diseases or provide immediate relief to some of the dreadful diseases at the time
analyzed urine to aid his diagnoses and wrote a book on uroscopy
Hippocrates
They were able to conclude if a patient was diabetic by observing if his/her urine attracted ants
Greeks
practiced immunization by inhaling powder made from smallpox scabs to develop an immunity to the disease.
Chinese
at the peak of their empire, developed laboratory tools such as forceps, scalpels, specula, and surgical needles which are still used today
Romans
What country introduced the practice of toxicology
India
In India, the practice of toxicology (agadatantra) was mentioned in the
Ayurveda classics.
toxicology is known as ______ in India
agadatantra
Other contributions of India in the development of MT
distillation, pharmacy, and analysis and separation of minerals