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19th century women in medicine

Authored by Catherine McCaw

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8th - 12th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following improvements to the training of nurses can be attributed to Florence Nightingale?

Helped to prove proper nursing could improve patient outcomes.

Improved education for nurses.

Influenced hospital design.

Spread the word about Germ Theory

turned nursing into a respectable profession.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who was the first openly female doctor to be certified in the UK in modern times?

Elizabeth Blackwell

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson

James Barry

Sophia Jex-Blake

Florence Nightingale

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who was actually the first woman (that we know of) to certify as a doctor in Britain in modern times?

Elizabeth Blackwell

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson

James Barry

Sophia Jex-Blake

Florence Nightingale

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How did Elizabeth Garrett Anderson get medical training?

The students at Geneva Medical School in New York voted to let her in as a joke.

Studied nursing and attended some medical student lectures also private tuition and a stint at the University of Paris.

Studied at the University of Edinburgh, but had to transfer to a European university to graduate.

Studied at a woman's medical school.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How did Elizabeth Blackwell get medical training?

The students at Geneva Medical School in New York voted to let her in as a joke.

Studied nursing and attended some medical student lectures also private tuition and a stint at the University of Paris.

Studied at the University of Edinburgh, but had to transfer to a European university to graduate.

Studied at a woman's medical school.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How did Sophia Jex-Blake get medical training?

The students at Geneva Medical School in New York voted to let her in as a joke.

Studied nursing and attended some medical student lectures also private tuition and a stint at the University of Paris.

Studied at the University of Edinburgh, but had to transfer to a European university to graduate.

Studied at a woman's medical school.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How did Elizabeth Garrett Anderson get medical certification in the UK?

She realised the Society of Apothecaries did not specifically forbid women from taking their examinations, so she took their exam (after a legal battle) and got certified.

Because she had qualified as a doctor in the USA, the UK had no excuse not to certify her.

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