IHS Exam Review Part 2

What is a factor in consumerism in health care? (Meaning, seeking care)

• Increase in chronic disease

• Focus protecting health corporations instead of patients

• Access to over-the-counter medication

• All of these

Which of the following focuses on the patient's experiences they share with doctors (like telling a story)?

• Social morality

• Patient life story interviews

• Illness narratives

• Tales of illness

How did Goode describe professionalism for physicians?

• Extensive (prolonged) training in their specialty

• Being selective in admitting the most qualified

• Being male centered

• Titles and acknowledgement

Which of the following are NOT factors within professionalism, in general?

• Exemption from lay-person control and evaluation

• Job practices are legally bound and require licensure

• Decisions for specific standards and training

• All of these are factors

Before the Flexner Report and the AMA (American Medical Association), physicians lacked ____?

• dominant male presence

• Extensive training with specialized knowledge

• The desire to treat patients

• Being service oriented

The AMA (American Medical Association) sets rules and regulations for ___ in healthcare.

• Physicians

• Governments

• Nurses

• Hospitals

The AMA determines (the) ___ of a physician, in which these physicians must conform (adhere) to in order to perform their job functions.

• Member size

• Member dues

• Member qualifications

• Member participation

Medical education was initially changed due to the findings in (the) ___.

• AMA

• diseases and viruses

• professionalism

• Flexner report

Challenges that physicians face when coming from a low-income background, as opposed to those from higher-incomes is due to ___.

• Hazing

• Professionalization

• Medicalization

• Socialization

___ helps to reduce doubt in the practice of treating patients and improve how physicians apply their knowledge.

• Evidence-based medicine

• Clinical rotations

• Attendance

• Koch's Theory of Medical Societies