MLS: Then and Now

Question 1

formally defines the practice of Medical Technology, requiring the registration of medical technologists, defining their practices, and other
purposes

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Philippine Medical Technology Act of 1969. R.A. 5527

Question 2

place where the profession of Medical Technology is practiced

Answer 2

clinical laboratory, blood bank, or anatomic laboratory

Question 3

engages in the work of medical technology under the supervision of a pathologist

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medical technologist

Question 4

duly registered physician who is specially trained in methods of laboratory medicine, or the gross and microscopic study and interpretation of tissues, secretions, and excretions of the human body

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pathologist

Question 5

person certified and registered with the Board of Medical Technology as qualified to assist a medical technologist and/or qualified pathologist

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medical laboratory technician

Question 6

trained to draw blood either for laboratory tests or for

blood donations

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phlebotomists

Question 7

medical technologists who are specialized in the process of testing and preparation of blood and blood products for transfusion

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blood bank technologists

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laboratory practitioners specialized in the preparation of cell slides for microscopic study and detection of cellular abnormalities

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cytotechnologists

Question 9

medical technologists who are specialized in preparation of solid tissue samples for examination under the microscope

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histotechnologists

Question 10

when the first documented records of parasites and parasitic infections were made

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1550 BC

Question 11

the oldest preserved Egyptian compilation of medical texts contains the first accounted records of intestinal parasitic infection caused by Ascaris lumbricoides and Taenia species

Answer 11

Ebers Papyrus (1500 BC)

Question 12

Hindu physician who described diabetes as characterized by passage of large amount of urine. He further noted that the madhumeha (‘honey urine’) from diabetes patients is sweet in taste and can attract black ants.

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Sushruta (600 BC)

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“father of medicine” and author of the Hippocratic oath

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300 BC Hippocrates

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diabetes as “diarrhea of urine” and established the relationship between fluid intake and urine volume

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180 AD Galen

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Urinalysis, ‘water casting’ (uroscopy) was widely practiced

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1098-1438 Medieval Period

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an Italian doctor hired in University of Bologna by Mondino de Liuzzi to perform some tests and other tasks in the laboratory.

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14th century Alessandra Gillani

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‘greatest’ of the early microscopists, embryology and physiology of the glands and the viscera founding father of modern anatomic pathology

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Marcello Malphigi

Question 18

father of microscopic pathology established the world’s first pathology laboratory first scientist who emphasized the study of the manifestation of diseases and infections, which are visible at cellular level through microscope.

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Rudolf Virchow

Question 19

first hospital-attached clinical laboratory in Munich, Germany

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Von Ziemssen

1886

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established the position of “Chemist-Microscopist” whose duties included assisting at autopsies

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Massachusetts General Hospital

1847

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employed as the Chemist- Microscopist suggested to separate the duties of the hospital microscopist and the hospital chemist

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John Bacon Jr.

1854

Question 22

hospital microscopist first in the hospital to significantly utilize the microscope in examination of specimens leading to a diagnosis.

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Dr. Calvin Ellis 1855

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Opened teaching laboratory at Bellevue Medical College (New York University Medical School) gave the first laboratory course in pathology offered in an American Medical School, first physician recruited to be a professor at the Johns Hopkins University in 1886

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Dr. William Welch 1878

Question 24

first legitimate clinical science laboratory in the United States in the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

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William Pepper Laboratory of Clinical Medicine (1895)

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first well-equipped chemical laboratory related to medicine, where Dr. Douglas (unspecified) was the first to give laboratory instructions.

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University of Michigan Hospital

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Opened its clinical laboratory where Dr. William Osler, a Canadian physician and professor, established ward laboratories where routine tests were performed by attending physicians.

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Johns Hopkins Hospital

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Established its own clinical laboratory headed by Dr. Simon Flexner

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Rockefeller Institute 1903

Question 28

wrote Clinical Diagnosis: A Manual of Laboratory Methods, which describes the techniques and procedures of the laboratory tests available then

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James Campbell Todd (1908)

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Edited the book authored by Todd. The said book was later named as Henry’s Clinical Diagnosis and management by Laboratory Methods. This book then became the fundamental source in the practice of laboratory medicine.

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John Bernard Henry

Question 30

Passed a law requiring all hospitals and institutions to have complete laboratory facilities with full-time technicians

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Pennsylvania State Legislature (1915)

Question 31

event that produced a great demand for technicians

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World War I (1914-1918)

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Called for the development of a method that would certify medical technologists on a national scale and published The Demand for and Training of Laboratory Technicians that included a description of the first formal training course in Medical Technology

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John Kolmer (1918)

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Proposed the establishment of schools for the proper training of laboratory technicians and for the
organization of a laboratory examining board to pass on their qualifications for employment

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R.B.H Gradwohl (1920)

Question 34

Founded in 1922 with the objective of encouraging the maintenance of status of clinical pathologists

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American Society for Clinical Pathology

Question 35

Was the first to offer a degree program on medical technology in 1923

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University of Minnesota

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decade when medical technologists in the United States sought professional recognition from the government of their educational qualifications through licensure laws

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1950’s

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The first clinical laboratory in the Philippines, now known as Manila Public Health Laboratory
provided a one-year training program to high school
graduates to work as laboratory technicians

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26th Medical Laboratory of the 6th Infantry of the US Army

Question 38

Filipino doctor who was a former staff of the 26th Medical Laboratory and a well-known bacteriologist

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Dr. Pio de Roda

Question 39

Conducted a six-month training course with certification.

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Dr. de Roda, Dr. Sta. Ana, and Dr. Tirso Briones (1954)

Question 40

Offered the first four-year Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology program in the Philippines

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Philippine Union College (now the Adventist University of the Philippines) and Manila Sanitarium Hospital (now the Manila Adventist Medical Center)

Question 41

“Founder of medical technology education in the Philippines”

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Dr. Willa Hilgert Hedrick

Question 42

then president of the Philippine Union

College

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Dr. Reuben Magsaysay

Question 43

First student to graduate Medical Technology from the Philippine Union College

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Dr. Jesse Umali

Question 44

PAMET president who served the longest term

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Carmencita P. Acedera