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2024 MEDICAL CAREERS TEST EXAM WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
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2024 MEDICAL CAREERS TESTEXAM WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
(Medical Doctor PPT) Training Overview - CORRECT ANSWERS-1. High School
2. 4 year university
3. Medical School
4. Residency
5. Fellowship
(Medical Doctor PPT) High School - CORRECT ANSWERS-Good grades,
challenging courses (AP and dual enrollment), summer internships, volunteer
(Medical Doctor PPT) 4 year University - CORRECT ANSWERS--4 years in
biological sciences
-GPA 3.8 or higher
-Admission to medical school is VERY competitive
-Volunteer
-Get involved in medical research
-Take MCAT (Medical College Admission Test)
Tom Tarter - CORRECT ANSWERS-Bloomington, IN- The Bronx-born, long
haired, tattooed ER doctor has constantly grappled with how he is perceived
as a physician. After his contract was terminated at the local hospital he
became an itinerant M.D., forcing him to look for work in distant locations.
Once a bouncer, an Olympic-hopeful weight lifter, and a mechanic, now on
his fourth marriage and struggle to make ends meet.
Jane Liebschutz - CORRECT ANSWERS-Boston, MA-Currently an internist
specializing in underserved populations, domestic violence, and addictions.
NOVA was there for the gut -wrenching moment when she experiences a
patient dying in the operating room for the first time.
Jay Bonnar - CORRECT ANSWERS-Belmont, MA- This private practice
psychiatrist is also involved in outpatient group therapy and teaches at the
hospital.
Elliot Bennnet-Guerrero - CORRECT ANSWERS-Durham, NC- A successful
anesthesiologist who picked his specialty partly based on the less
demanding hours-this now affords him more time to be at home with his
second wife and two young sons and pursue his new passion: golf.
, Luanda Grazette - CORRECT ANSWERS-Thousand Oaks, CA- Originally trained
as a clinical cardiologist, she now works for a pharmaceutical company to
develop drugs that will help heart patients.
David Friedman - CORRECT ANSWERS-Baltimore, MD- As an opthalmologist
and professor at John Hopkins University, he aims to one day establish a
hospital to provide eye care to the millions of people worldwide who
currently have no way to improve their poor vision.
Cheryl Dorsey - CORRECT ANSWERS-New York, NY- Although she eventually
completed her pediatrics training, she never practiced. Cheryl put her
residency on hold to found a program that provides free curbside health
services for minority communities; today she is president of the same
nonprofit that funded her Family Van mobile clinic.
Goal of clinical rotations (short answer) - CORRECT ANSWERS-to expose you
to most of the areas of medicine and help you decide your interest area
Medical School - CORRECT ANSWERS-4 years in total
Medical School Year 1 - CORRECT ANSWERS--intense academic courses of
basic sciences
-gross anatomy (dissect human cadavers)
Medical School Year 2 - CORRECT ANSWERS--intense academic course of
pathophysiology (what can go wrong with the human body)
-Take Boards Exams (about 350 Qs and very comprehensive over material)
Medical school Years 3 & 4 - CORRECT ANSWERS--clinical rotations or
clerkships(spend time in hospital, observe other doctors in actions, rotate
through medical specialties)
-graduation from medical school (earn a MD degree behind your name)
Residency - CORRECT ANSWERS--very labor intensive (80 hours/week)
-"on-call" doctor
-1st year of residency is called Internship
-Length of residency is dependent on specialty of medicine
(3-4 years for anesthesiology OB/GYN, emergency medicine, and family
medicine)
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