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What is a person who provides artificial replacements called?
What is a rigid device used to prevent motion of a joint or of the ends of a fractured bone?
What is a congenital deformity of the foot, usually characterized by a curled shape or a twisted position of the ankle, heel, and toes?
What is the pressure of fluid inside the eye?
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Who is a specialist in diseases of the eye?
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Who is a specialist in diseases of the heart?
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Who is a person who tests eyesight and prescribes glasses?
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What is a person who comes to check health and stays at the clinic or hospital for one or more nights?
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What is the term for someone who is expert in helping patients by getting them to do exercises or by treating their body with heat or massage?
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What is the term for someone who is expert in helping people with disabilities to perform tasks at home and work?
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What is a doctor who is hired to cover another doctor's absence called?
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What is the term for someone who is expert in treating people's feet?
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What is the term for someone who can help you solve social problems?
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What is a medical condition where a patient is unconscious for a short time?
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What is the term for an ambulance technician with more advanced qualifications?
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What is the term for the ending of a pregnancy by expulsion of the fetus before it can survive outside the uterus?
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What is the term for a course that studies about newborn babies?
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What is the term for the surgery of replacing a part of the body with an artificial one?
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What is a disease that lasts for a long time?
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What is the term for the surgical removal of all or part of a limb, an organ, or projecting part of the body?
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What is the term for an artificial body part, such as a limb or tooth?
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What is a nurse who is in charge of several wards called?
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What is a nurse who is still in training called?
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What does it mean to get better?
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What is a female nurse manager sometimes called?
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Who is responsible for making sure patients' notes and information are up to date?
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What is someone who has specialized in midwifery called?
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What is the function of the ureters?
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What is the term for the process of passing urine?
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What is the term for the process of having a bowel movement?
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What is the term for the female menstrual cycle?
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What is the term for the way a person walks?
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What is a doctor who treats patients, as opposed to one who only does research, called?
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What is a doctor who provides a primary care called?
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How many main branches of medicine are there?
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What is a doctor who specializes in heart conditions called?
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What is a doctor who specializes in joint diseases called?
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What is a newly graduated doctor in the first year of postgraduate training called?
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Who writes a referral letter?
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Study Notes
Medical Professionals
- A Physiotherapist is an expert in helping patients by getting them to do exercises or treating their body with heat or massage.
- A Chiropodist is an expert in treating people's feet.
- A Social worker is an expert in helping people to solve social problems.
- An Occupational therapist is an expert in helping people with disabilities to perform tasks at home and work.
- A Paramedic is an ambulance technician with more advanced qualifications.
- A Prosthetist is a person who provides artificial replacements to people who have had an amputation or were born without a limb.
Medical Terms
- Amputation means a surgical removal of all or part of a limb, an organ, or a projecting part of the body.
- Artificial replacement refers to the replacement of a body part with an artificial one.
- Club foot is a congenital deformity of the foot, usually characterized by a curled shape or a twisted position of the ankle, heel, and toes.
- Intraocular pressure refers to the pressure of fluid inside the eye.
- Splint is a rigid device used to prevent motion of a joint or of the ends of a fractured bone.
Eye Care
- An Ophthalmologist is a doctor who specializes in diseases of the eye.
- An Optician is a person who tests eyesight and prescribes glasses.
Heart Care
- A Cardiologist is a doctor who specializes in diseases of the heart.
Cancer Care
- An Oncologist is a doctor who specializes in diseases of the tumor and cancer.
Hospital Care
- An Inpatient is a person who comes to check health and stays at the clinic or hospital for one or more nights.
- An Outpatient is a person who comes to check health and gets the medical treatment then returns home on the same day.
- Casualty refers to a place where patients are acutely ill or serious disease come for assessment and treatment.
- A Day surgery unit is a department where treatment is required one day only, such as minor surgery.
- Assessment unit is a department where patients register temporarily for assessment and treatment.
Doctors
- A doctor on duty is a doctor who is available in the list of calling for working or official visiting when needed.
- A doctor on call is a doctor who is hired to cover another doctor's job when he/she is absent or on a holiday.
- A locum doctor is a doctor who is hired to cover another doctor's job when he/she is absent or on a holiday.
- A referral letter is a letter written by a doctor to refer a patient to another doctor or specialist.
Medical Conditions
- Abortion is the ending of a pregnancy by expulsion of the fetus before it can survive outside the uterus (womb).
- Chronic ill refers to a disease that happens for a long lasting (e.g., Leukemia).
- Comatose refers to a kind of acutely ill which causes patients to become unconscious (pass out) for a short time.
- Neonatology refers to a course that studies about the new born baby.
Nursing
- A Charge nurse is a more experienced nurse who is in charge of, or responsible for, a ward or department.
- A Staff nurse is a nurse who is responsible for the daily care of patients.
- A Student nurse is a nurse who is still in training.
- A Nurse manager is a nurse who is in charge of several wards or departments.
- A Sister is a female nurse manager.
- A Matron is a female nurse manager.
- A Ward clerk is someone whose duties include making sure patients' notes and information are up to date, and answering the telephone.
- A Clinical support worker is someone who assists nursing staff.
- A Health visitor is someone who works in the community, giving advice on the promotion of health and the prevention of illness.
- A District nurse is someone who visits patients at home.
Other Medical Terms
- Defecation refers to the process of passing stools.
- Micturition refers to the process of passing urine.
- Menstruation refers to the process of a woman's monthly period.
- Gait refers to the way of walking.
- Respiration refers to the process of breathing.
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Identify the roles and responsibilities of various medical professionals, including physiotherapists, chiropodists, social workers, occupational therapists, paramedics, and prosthetists.
