MLS: Then and Now Flashcards
formally defines the practice of Medical Technology, requiring the registration of medical technologists, defining their practices, and other
purposes
Philippine Medical Technology Act of 1969. R.A. 5527
place where the profession of Medical Technology is practiced
clinical laboratory, blood bank, or anatomic laboratory
engages in the work of medical technology under the supervision of a pathologist
medical technologist
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
pathologist
person certified and registered with the Board of Medical Technology as qualified to assist a medical technologist and/or qualified pathologist
medical laboratory technician
trained to draw blood either for laboratory tests or for
blood donations
phlebotomists
medical technologists who are specialized in the process of testing and preparation of blood and blood products for transfusion
blood bank technologists
laboratory practitioners specialized in the preparation of cell slides for microscopic study and detection of cellular abnormalities
cytotechnologists
medical technologists who are specialized in preparation of solid tissue samples for examination under the microscope
histotechnologists
when the first documented records of parasites and parasitic infections were made
1550 BC
the oldest preserved Egyptian compilation of medical texts contains the first accounted records of intestinal parasitic infection caused by Ascaris lumbricoides and Taenia species
Ebers Papyrus (1500 BC)
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.
Sushruta (600 BC)
“father of medicine” and author of the Hippocratic oath
300 BC Hippocrates
diabetes as “diarrhea of urine” and established the relationship between fluid intake and urine volume
180 AD Galen
Urinalysis, ‘water casting’ (uroscopy) was widely practiced
1098-1438 Medieval Period
an Italian doctor hired in University of Bologna by Mondino de Liuzzi to perform some tests and other tasks in the laboratory.
14th century Alessandra Gillani
‘greatest’ of the early microscopists, embryology and physiology of the glands and the viscera founding father of modern anatomic pathology
Marcello Malphigi
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.
Rudolf Virchow
first hospital-attached clinical laboratory in Munich, Germany
Von Ziemssen
1886
established the position of “Chemist-Microscopist” whose duties included assisting at autopsies
Massachusetts General Hospital
1847
employed as the Chemist- Microscopist suggested to separate the duties of the hospital microscopist and the hospital chemist
John Bacon Jr.
1854
hospital microscopist first in the hospital to significantly utilize the microscope in examination of specimens leading to a diagnosis.
Dr. Calvin Ellis 1855
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
Dr. William Welch 1878
first legitimate clinical science laboratory in the United States in the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
William Pepper Laboratory of Clinical Medicine (1895)
first well-equipped chemical laboratory related to medicine, where Dr. Douglas (unspecified) was the first to give laboratory instructions.
University of Michigan Hospital
Opened its clinical laboratory where Dr. William Osler, a Canadian physician and professor, established ward laboratories where routine tests were performed by attending physicians.
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Established its own clinical laboratory headed by Dr. Simon Flexner
Rockefeller Institute 1903
wrote Clinical Diagnosis: A Manual of Laboratory Methods, which describes the techniques and procedures of the laboratory tests available then
James Campbell Todd (1908)
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.
John Bernard Henry
Passed a law requiring all hospitals and institutions to have complete laboratory facilities with full-time technicians
Pennsylvania State Legislature (1915)
event that produced a great demand for technicians
World War I (1914-1918)
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
John Kolmer (1918)
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
R.B.H Gradwohl (1920)
Founded in 1922 with the objective of encouraging the maintenance of status of clinical pathologists
American Society for Clinical Pathology
Was the first to offer a degree program on medical technology in 1923
University of Minnesota
decade when medical technologists in the United States sought professional recognition from the government of their educational qualifications through licensure laws
1950’s
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
26th Medical Laboratory of the 6th Infantry of the US Army
Filipino doctor who was a former staff of the 26th Medical Laboratory and a well-known bacteriologist
Dr. Pio de Roda
Conducted a six-month training course with certification.
Dr. de Roda, Dr. Sta. Ana, and Dr. Tirso Briones (1954)
Offered the first four-year Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology program in the Philippines
Philippine Union College (now the Adventist University of the Philippines) and Manila Sanitarium Hospital (now the Manila Adventist Medical Center)
“Founder of medical technology education in the Philippines”
Dr. Willa Hilgert Hedrick
then president of the Philippine Union
College
Dr. Reuben Magsaysay
First student to graduate Medical Technology from the Philippine Union College
Dr. Jesse Umali
PAMET president who served the longest term
Carmencita P. Acedera
