Public Health (learn this)

Question 1

Name the four Pinciples of ethics

Answer 1

Autonomy
Non maleficence
Beneficence
Justice

Question 2

Which principle means being fair?

Answer 2

Justice

Question 3

Which principle means do no harm?

Answer 3

Non Maleficence

Question 4

Define Autonomy

Answer 4

Allowing a patient to make and informed and rational decision

Question 5

Define Beneficence

Answer 5

Doing the right thing to benefit the other.

Question 6

Incidence Define

Answer 6

The rate at which new cases occur in a population measured in cases per 100000 per year

Question 7

Prevalence

Answer 7

The proportion of the population affected by the diseases at a given point in time
(usually expressed in %)

Question 8

What are the five focal virtues

Answer 8

Compassion 
Integrity 
Trustworthiness 
Discernment 
Conscientiousness

Question 9

What does evidence based medicine involve?

Answer 9

Asking focused questions 
Gathering evidence 
Critical Appraisal 
Coming to a conclusion
Evaluating Yourself

Question 10

What are the four key parts to ‘Asking a focused question?’

Answer 10

Population
Intervention
Comparator
Outcome

Question 11

What is the purpose of critical appraisal?

Answer 11

To test validity, reliability and applicability

Question 12

Opportunity cost define

Answer 12

the cost of an alterative which must be forgone in order to pursue a certain

Question 13

incremental cost - define

Answer 13

the overall charge that the nhs experiences by producing one additional unit (heart transplant)

Question 14

econominc effiecency

Answer 14

achieved when resources are alloacted to maximise benefit

Question 15

econominc evalutaion

Answer 15

assemsnet of the effiency

Question 16

Name 3 examples of economic evaluation

Answer 16

cost effectivness (measure in years gained)
cost utility analysis ( measure in quality of life gained) 
Cost benefit (measure in monetry units)

Question 17

Equity

Answer 17

concerned with the fairness/ justice of the distribution of cost and benefits

Question 18

Define Health economics:

Answer 18

Maximizing health benefits for a given set of scarce resources.