Introduction to FCM Flashcards
Family Medicine differs from Community Medicine in which of the following aspect?
a. It is an academic discipline that includes comprehensive health care services and research
b. It focuses on the health of the individual and his/her family
c. It integrates biomedical behavioral and social sciences
d. It is concerned with the promotion of health prevention of disease and disability and rehabilitation
B
It is a specialty of medicine concerned in providing comprehensive care to individuals and families
a. General Medicine
b. Community Medicine
c. Family Medicine
d. Complementary Medicine
C
Which of the following best describes the orientation of Family Medicine practice?
a. it is of primary care approach
b. It is patient-centered. family-focused and community-oriented
c. It focuses on community development
d. It follows the ecologic model of disease prevention
B
Which of the following approach to care describes the scope of practice of Family Medicine?
a. Health assessment of the entire community or sub-groups
b. Involves activities on the promotion of the health of the community, together with efforts to prevent disease, to treat and care for the sick
c. Patient-centered care in a comprehensive and continuous manner to all patients within the community
d. Assessment through the analysis of indicators, surveys, and community-wide sampling
C
Which of the following defines Family Medicine as a field of specialty?
a. It is a specialty that focuses on the health of the community as a whole
b. It is a specialty of medicine concerned with the health of a specific population of a group
c. It utilizes epidemiology and participatory research as its tools in managing the health of the group
d. It is an academic medical discipline that includes comprehensive health care services and research
D
Which of the following Modalities of Intervention is NOT a scope
of practice of Community Medicine?
a. Evidence-based care
b. Trans- and inter-sectoral collaboration
c. Community organizing
d. Community development
A
In the scope of practice in Community Medicine’s approach to care, which of the following will determine for the follow-up of actions and programs?
a. Community Participation
b. Continued Surveillance
c. Continued Treatment
d. Community Health
B
Which of the following is a goal of Community medicine intervention?
A. Health promotion and wellness
B. Disease prevention
C. Cost-effective and quality care
D. Maximal participation in decision-making
E. Shared care with family enablement
D
Which of the following would best define Community Medicine?
a. Coordinate care among the health providers, thus linking the community to academic medical centers, village health workers, specialists, and their patients to a wide array of resources
b. A discipline with a distinct core knowledge and characteristic of care, which refers to individuals, family and community and functions within the economic cultural and social environment and resources.
c. A care that refers to individuals, to their family and community relationship which is primary, continuing comprehensive, preventive, and curative.
d. It is concerned with the promotion of health prevention of disease and disability, and rehabilitation through collective social action
D
Which of the following issues are usually handled by a Family Physician as opposed to Community Medicine Physician?
a. Domestic violence
b. Health in the hands of the people
c. Health policy globalization
d. Community empowerment
e. Gender & development
A
Family medicine has the following orientations, except: A. Patient-centered B. Family focused C. Community-oriented D. Primary Health care Approach E. Biopsychosocial Approach
D. Primary health care approach
also for Community Medicine:
• Community development
• Ecologic Model
Community medicine analyzes Health situation through the:
Social Determinants of Health and Disease
The “R” in APGAR tool of Family dynamics stands for:
Resolve
Adaptation, Partnership, Growth, Affection, and Resolve
This is the “gold standard” tool of family history collection
Genogram
This is the ability to think and feel similarly to a person from our own perspective
Sympathy
