Prelims Flashcards
Types of Professional Organizations
Accrediting Organization
Credentialing/Certifying Organization
Professional Societies
Who is the “Father of PAMET”
Crisanto G. Almario
When was the first PAMET election?
1964
Present President of PAMET
Rommel F Saceda
Legacy: “Engagement”
Father of Medicine
Daddeh Hippocrates
Type of Diabetes:
Many eating (appetite)
Polyphagia
Type of Diabetes:
Many urine (excessive urination)
Polyuria
Type of Diabetes:
Many thirst (excessive thirst)
Polydipsia
Who described diabetes as “diarrhea of urine?”
Galen
The first clinical laboratory
208 Quiricada St., Sta Cruz Manila
Present: Manila Public Health Laboratory
First graduate of the program PUC (1956)
Dr. Jesse Umali
Father of Microbiology
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Produced disease in worms by injection of organic material - the beginning of bacteriology
Agostino Bassi
Demonstrated that surgical infections are caused by airborne organisms. Known for sterilization or aseptic technique.
Joseph Lister
Developed immunology test for syphilis.
August von Wassermann
Worked out the structure of Hemoglobin
Hans Fischer
Introduced the intracytoplasmic sperm injection (IVF)
Andre van Steirteghem
The year PASMETH was founded
1970
A duly registered physician
who is specially trained in methods of laboratory
medicine, or the gross and microscopic study and
interpretation of tissues, secretion and excretions
of the human body and its functions in order to
diagnose disease, follow its course, determine the
effectivity of treatment, ascertain cause of death
and advance medicine by means of research.
Pathologist
A person certified and registered with the
Board as qualified to assist a medical technologist
and/or qualified pathologist in the practice of
medical technology.
Medical Laboratory Technicians
An individual trained to
withdraw blood either for laboratory tests or for
blood donations.
Phlebotomist
A laboratory
personnel who works with the pathologist to
detect changes in body cells which may be
important in the early diagnosis of diseases.
also called as the cell processor
human specimen.
Cytotechnologist
A laboratory personnel responsible for the
routine preparation, processing, and staining of
biopsies and tissue specimen for microscopic
examination by pathologist.
Histotechnologist
A healthcare professional who works alongside
nuclear physicians
Nuclear Medical Technologist
Studies the effects of toxic substances on the
physiological functions of human beings, animals,
and plants to develop data for use in consumer
protection and industrial safety programs.
Toxicologist
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF MEDICAL
TECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONALS
A. Perform Clinical Laboratory Testing
B. Perform Special Procedures
C. Ensure accuracy and precision of results
D. Be honest in practice
E. Ensure timely delivery of results
F. Demonstrate professionalism
G. Uphold Confidentiality
H. Collaborate with other health care
professionals
I. Conduct Research
J. Involvement in health promotion programs
Give the number of the following statement from
MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY PRACTICE DEFINED
REPUBLIC ACT 5527
SECTION 2. A. Practice of Medical Technology
Examination of tissues, secretions and
excretions of the human body and body fluids by
various electronic, chemical, microscopic,
bacteriologic, hematologic, serologic,
immunologic, nuclear, and other laboratory
procedures and techniques either manual or
automated
1
Give the number of the following statement from
MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY PRACTICE DEFINED
REPUBLIC ACT 5527
SECTION 2. A. Practice of Medical Technology
Blood banking procedures and techniques
2
Give the number of the following statement from
MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY PRACTICE DEFINED
REPUBLIC ACT 5527
SECTION 2. A. Practice of Medical Technology
Parasitologic, Mycologic and Microbiologic
procedures and techniques
3
Give the number of the following statement from
MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY PRACTICE DEFINED
REPUBLIC ACT 5527
SECTION 2. A. Practice of Medical Technology
Histopathologic and Cytotechnology; provided
that nothing in this paragraph shall inhibit a duly
registered medical laboratory technician from
performing histopathologic techniques and
procedures.
4
Give the number of the following statement from
MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY PRACTICE DEFINED
REPUBLIC ACT 5527
SECTION 2. A. Practice of Medical Technology
Clinical research involving patients or human
beings requiring the use of and/or application of
medical technology knowledge and procedures;
5
Give the number of the following statement from
MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY PRACTICE DEFINED
REPUBLIC ACT 5527
SECTION 2. A. Practice of Medical Technology
Preparations and standardization of reagents,
standards, stains and others, provided such
reagents, standards, stains and others are
exclusively for the use of their laboratory;
6
Give the number of the following statement from
MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY PRACTICE DEFINED
REPUBLIC ACT 5527
SECTION 2. A. Practice of Medical Technology
Clinical laboratory quality control;
7
Give the number of the following statement from
MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY PRACTICE DEFINED
REPUBLIC ACT 5527
SECTION 2. A. Practice of Medical Technology
Collection and preservation of specimens
Provided, That any person who has passed the
corresponding Board examination for the practice
of a profession already regulated by existing law,
shall not be subject to the provisions of the last
four preceding paragraphs if the performance of
such acts or services is merely incidental to his
profession
8
Developed poliomyelitis vaccine
Jonas Salk
Discovered microorganisms
whose range lies between bacteria and viruses
called rickettsiae
Howard Ricketts
