Health Care Careers

Medical Jeopardy

• A physician who specializes in the field of physical medicine.

• Who is a physiatrist?

• The advantage of a private college vs. a state college

• Smaller class size

• A protuberance of a body wall allowing internal organs to bulge out

• What is a hernia?

• The fastest growing disease currently developing in the U.S.

• What is diabetes?

• A health care worker who deals with family divorce, abuse issues and other familial challenges

• What is a social worker?

• The number of years a physical therapist must go to school beyond high school

• What is seven?

• Root canal would most likely be performed by this specialist

• What is an endodontist?

• A specialist who treats gum disease

• What is a periodontist?

• A medical specialist who measures you for contact lenses

• What is an optometrist?

• The degree associated with one who defends you in court

• What is a J.D.?

• The type of surgeon you would consult for skin grafting

• What is a cosmetic/plastic surgeon?

• To reattach the nerves of your finger together after severing it, you would consult this type of surgeon

• What is a neurosurgeon?

• He was the father of modern surgery who performed most of his work without the benefit of anesthesia and wrote textbooks on the subject of surgical techniques.

• Who was Dr. John Hunter?

• Rehabilitation centers for post operative patients are probably staffed by these specialists

• What are physical therapists and perhaps, physiatrists?

• She is the heiress to a hotel fortune and has a Chihuahua

• Who is Paris Hilton?

One of her biggest hits was “Love Story”

• Who is Taylor Swift?

• Beyonce Knowles and her sisters grew up in this city

• What is Houston, Texas?

• The president and founder of the Imperial Sugar Company

• Who was I.H. Kempner of Sugar Land?

• He’s known as a pirate and a chocolate manufacturer and even had hands made of sharp objects like scissors and lately has become a public enemy

• Who is Johnny Depp?

• The Federal bureau charged with making workplaces safe

• What is OSHA (Organization for safety and health administration)

• Epidemics are tracked in this city by this organization

• What is the CDC or center for disease control? In Atlanta, Geogia

• If you like being a Cougar, you might want to continue your education at this university

• What is the University of Houston?

• One of her big hits last year was “irreplaceable”

• Who is Rianna?

• The only two nursing schools in or near Ft. Bend County

• What are HBU and Wharton Schools of Nursing

• The two main courses one must have in order to apply to nursing schools everywhere

• What are anatomy/physiology and microbiology?

• He was Bourne to make these films

• Who is Matt Damon? Lately Jeremy Renner

• The degree you would earn after nursing school if you finished college as well

• What is the BSN (Bachelors of Science in Nursing)?

• Two people who have lived in Never Never Land

• Who are Peter Pan and Michael Jackson?

• You have diabetes; you seek help from this kind of specialist

• What is an endocrinologist?

• This ancient doctor drilled skulls to treat headaches and could be considered the first specialist of this type; name the doctor and his possible specialty

• Who was Imotep and maybe he was a neurosurgeon

• The country where the marshmallow was invented

• Egypt

• Where the watermelon was first produced

• China

• If you had a kidney infection you might seek this type of specialist

• What is a urologist or nephrologist?

• An ear, nose and throat specialist is technically named this

• What is an otolaryngologist?

• If you had breast cancer, you might seek therapy from this type of specialist

• What is an oncologist?

• If you needed a Pap smear, you’d visit this specialist

• What is a gynecologist?

• If you needed lung surgery, you’d seek this type of surgeon

• What is a thoracic surgeon? (AKA (pulmonary surgeon)

• The only medical man known in rap music

• Who is Dr. Dre?

• His father in law just died and he was also The Terminator

• Who is Arnold Schwartzenegger? (was married to Maria Shriver who’s father was Senator Ted Kennedy of Mass. Who died last year of brain cancer) and was brother to Pres. John Kennedy

• You get an MBA degree but want to work in the medical field; this career is for you

• What is Hospital Administration?

• You like to work with your hands and could make false teeth. This career is for you

• What is prosthodontics?

• This technical specialist keeps you alive when you are having heart surgery and your heart has stopped, thus operating a heart/lung machine is essential by him/her

• What is a perfusionist?

• This technician specializes in drawing blood from you for blood tests

• What is a phlebotomist?

• If you have gingivitis, you need to seek this specialist

• What is a periodontist?

• Nicolle’s husband is also known as a famous country and western singer

• Who is Keith Urban? (Nicole Kidman former wife of Tom Cruise)

• She was a Tomb Raider after bearing Brad’s kids

• Who is Angline Jolie?

• A D.C. indicates this doctor has this skill

• What is a chiropracter, they do spinal adjusting?

• You need contact lenses; you would seek this specialist

• What is an optometrist?

• You need Prozac for depression. Who you gonna call?

• What is a psychiatrist?

• You need to get off of a drug addiction. What type of facility would you seek?

• Rehabilitation centers

This type of nurse is not quite an RN but has one year of nursing training and is still

licensed by the state

• What is an LVN? (also known as an LPN, licensed practical or licensed vocation nurses; do more basic nursing duties but can earn money to continue their nursing education and get their RN as they work)

• Medical research is generally done by doctors not with MD’s but this degree

• What is a Ph.D? (doctor of philosophy: 60 c.h. after college baccalaureate degree) or 30 c.h. is a master’s degree) Both are called “graduate degrees”.

• You’ll need this number of credits to get a B.S. if you already have an A.A. or an A.S. (associate’s degree).

• What is 60?

• You like to work like a doctor, earn a good living in a doctor’s office but only willing to do five years of study. What degree are you seeking?

• What is a Physician’s Assistant? by an accelerated program, otherwise requires 4 yrs of undergraduate college and 3 yrs graduate school to earn an M.S. in Physician’s assisting

• A doctor with a narrow view of life

• What is a proctologist?

• You need Lasik surgery. Who you gonna call?

• An opthalmologist

• You like sirens and saving lives but only want a technical training program. What would be suitable for you?

• EMT or paramedic programs in junior/community colleges

• You like treating folks with acid reflux; what’s your specialty?

• What is a gastroenterologist? (gastro=stomach and entero=intestines).

• Their goal is to rehabilitate you so that you may live independently

• What is an OT? Occupational therapist

• You don’t like injections, blood and drugs for treatment but want to relieve a patient’s pain and use preventative medicine and give safe relief of aches. What do you want to study?

• What is a chiropractor?

• You want a technical career which helps people with certain diseases get rehabilitated especially after surgery and if they are smokers

• What is a respiratory therapist? (two year undergraduate training like in community college and requires some hours in hospital training to operate respiratory therapy machines)

• What does JFK, Bush, Logan, La Guardia and O’Hare all have in common

• They are all the names of U.S. airports?

• You’re in a city where the Mississippi meets the Gulf of Mexico. Where are you?

• New Orleans

• They used to be called apothecaries

• What is a pharmacist?

• You like physics and high tech,expensive devices for imaging the interior of patients’ bodies; what field should you pursue?

• Radiology

• Where you could find out what is required to get a license to practice in any field whatsoever?

• StateofTexas.gov under licenses and certifications

• It is a date where you can meet with over 225 university personnel from all over the country in one place!

• October 2nd, Travis HS on Hwy 99, 6 pm for FBISD “college night”

• The online application you’ll need to get any financial aid of any kind

• FAFSA or Free application for financial student aid

• The medical field of study one must pursue in order to become a coroner, medical examiner to do autopsies

• What is “pathology?” The study of diseases

• What medical specialist does biopsies?

• (takes small samples of suspicious tissue from a patient to determine if it is cancerous)

• Also a pathologist! They do biopsies and autopsies.

• The difference between a grant and a loan

• Grant is gifted and requires no repayment and is generally for low income students while a loan is for those who’s parents earn a bit more and requires repayment although federal loans have no interest and are easy to qualify for so they’re also not too bad to have. Most American students get a little bit of both and average about fifty percent of their college expenses and your parents/you will need to pay or work for about the other fifty percent.

According to Dr. Ricken, when should you get something

done to maximize your chances of being successful?

• Yesterday!

• To finish college in three years instead of spending money on four years, you should do this

• Do two summers of junior/community college and get 24 college credits (cheap) and easy BEFORE you apply to college.

• It’s the part of our anatomy upon which we all sit

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