UNIT 1 Flashcards

Question

Ruth Williams

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medical technology began from the medieval period.

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- ‘water casting’ (uroscopy) was widely practiced. -Urinalysis became commonplace and was a practice that was followed with exaggerated zeal. Patients submitted their urine specimen in decorative flasks. -Physicians who failed to examine the urine samples were subjected to public beatings.

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14th century.

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-hired at the University of Bologna by Mondino de’ Liuzzi, an Italian doctor, to perform some tests and other tasks in the laboratory. -died from a laboratory-acquired disease in 1326

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-‘greatest’ of the early microscopists - renowned for his exploration of embryology and physiology of the glands and the viscera. -founding father of modern anatomic pathology

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-father of microscopic pathology -world’s first pathology laboratory - first scientist/ physician of the time who emphasized the study of the manifestation of diseases and infections, which are visible at the cellular level by means of a microscope.

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- first hospital-attached clinical laboratory in Munich, Germany -well-conceived with a chemical, a physical, and a bacteriological department, a working library, and rooms for practical courses and the examination of patients.

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US, Americans

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- 1847: Established the position of “Chemist-Microscopist” whose duties included assisting at autopsies - 1854: John Bacon Jr. was employed as the Chemist- Microscopist. However, he later suggested to separate the duties of the hospital microscopist and the hospital chemist. - 1855: Dr. Calvin Ellis became the hospital microscopist. He is the first in the hospital to significantly utilize the microscope in examination of specimens leading to a diagnosis.

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1878: Opened a teaching laboratory at Bellevue Medical College (New York University Medical School) after studying several German laboratories. ▪ He gave the first laboratory course in pathology offered in an American Medical School ▪ Became the first physician recruited to be a professor at the Johns Hopkins University in 1886

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Established by the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania ▪ Considered by many as the first legitimate clinical science laboratory in the United States

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

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Opened its clinical laboratory in 1896 ▪ 1898: Dr. William Osler, a Canadian physician and professor, established ward laboratories at the Johns Hopkins Hospital where routine tests were performed by attending physicians.

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Located in New York; Established its own clinical laboratory headed by Dr. Simon Flexner

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Wrote a book entitled Clinical Diagnosis: A Manual of Laboratory Methods, which described the techniques and procedures of the laboratory tests available then

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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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Passed a law requiring all hospitals and institutions to have complete laboratory facilities with full-time technicians, which gave laboratory services a chance to be fully recognized and widely utilized.

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Produced a great demand for technicians ▪ Physicians with knowledge on laboratory works began to teach their assistants to do some tests for them ▪ Faced with reductions in medical staff because of America’s entry into World War I, hospitals started hiring and training women to become laboratory technicians

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Called for the development of a method that would certify medical technologists on a national scale ▪ 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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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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Founded in 1922 with the objective of encouraging the maintenance of status of clinical pathologists - e code of ethics for technicians and technologists stating that these allied health professionals should work under the supervision of a physician and refrain from making oral or written diagnosis and advising physicians on how patients should be treated. -Originally formed as a subgroup of ASCP, helped in the recognition of non-physician clinical laboratory scientists as autonomous professionals.

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first to offer a degree program on medical technology in 1923

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

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-onslaught of World War II, U.S. bases were set up in Leyte

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- first clinical laboratory in the Philippines; Established on Quiricada Street, Sta. Cruz, Manila - Manila Public Health Laboratory - February 1944, it provided a one-year training program to high school graduates to work as laboratory technicians

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Staff of the 6th US Army left the facility after endorsing the newly established clinical laboratory to the National Department of Health. However, the laboratory facilities were not fully utilized and was later non-operational.

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- a former staff of the 26th Medical Laboratory and a well-known bacteriologist - Preserved the remains of the laboratory with the help of Dr. Mariano Icasiano, who was the first City Health Officer of Manila -

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Dr. de Roda, with the help of Dr. Prudencio Sta. Ana, formally re-established the laboratory

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Dr. de Roda and Dr. Sta. Ana offered a training program to high school and paramedical graduates who were interested in working as medical technicians,Dr. de Roda and Dr. Sta. Ana offered a training program to high school and paramedical graduates who were interested in working as medical technicians.

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six-month training course with certification. (However, the project did not last long since formal education began in the same year)

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1954: Offered the first four-year Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology program in the Philippines

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Dr. Willa Hilgert Hedrick Dr. Reuben Magsaysay Rev. Warren Dr. Jesse Umali

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-“Founder of medical technology education in the Philippines” -With the help of Mrs. Antoinette McKelvey, prepared the course curriculum and established the first complete laboratory in microbiology, parasitology, and histopathology at the Manila Sanitarium Hospital

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president of the Philippine Union College

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President of the North Philippine Mission of Seventh Day Adventist and director of the Bureau of Education

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First student to graduate Medical Technology from the Philippine Union College in 1956 -pursued a career in medicine (OB-Gyne)

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1957: Started offering medical technology as an elective subject to pharmacy students ▪ 1961: Medical technology was recognized as an official program in UST with the first three years as a three-year academic course and the fourth year as an internship program

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1960: Began offering the Medical technology program, which was later granted a recognition permit by the Bureau of Education

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1961: Started its School of Medical Technology, which was later formally approved by the Bureau of Education

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1966: SLU started offering Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology ▪ 1970: The Imelda R. Marcos Clinical Laboratory (now SLU Clinical Laboratories opened to offer training for SLU medical technology interns ▪ 1971: BSMT was recognized and approved by MECS (Ministry of Education, Culture, and Sports)