uma study guide

UMA STUDY GUIDE
ME1415 Week 5
Please review the following topics in preparation for your Week 5 Test
MLE
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Hippocrates
Censure by the AMA
Code of ethics
o Nuremberg code
Bioethical issues
o Uniform anatomical gift act
o Social utility
o National organ transplant law
o United network for organ sharing (UNOS)
Ethical issues and personal choice
o Before being hired a healthcare professional should state a preference for not
wishing to be involved in a particular procedure
o Ethics of biomedical research
o Therapeutic vs. nontherapeutic research
o Conflict of interest
o Double blind test
Medical etiquette
Ethical Issues relating to life
o Embryo
o Use of fertility drugs
o Contraception
o Sterilization
 Castration or sterilization of another person without legal permission
o Roe vs. Wade
o Right to life advocates
Genetic counseling and testing
o Gregor Mendel
Legal definition of death
o A legal death is a cardiac death
o Brain oriented death definition
o Irreversible coma
 Use of Harvard criteria
Terminating life support, 2nd opinion
ME1415 Study Guide Week 5: Page 1
Chapter 5 IEHR Book
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The SOAP Note
o Office visit (page 87)
o Subjective (page 87)
o Objective (page 87)
o Plan (page 87)
o Discharge summary (page 89)
o History and Physical (page 89)
o Unstructured data (page 89)
The History of Present illness (HPI)
o Quality (page 89)
o Severity (page 89)
o Timing/duration (page 89)
o Modifying factors (page 89)
The Review of Symptoms (ROS)
o Charges (page 90-91)
o Constitutional (page 91)
o Respiratory (page 91)
The Physical Exam
o Physical exam performed by (page 93)
o Scribes (page 94)
Medical Dictation & Transcription
o Transcriptionists (page 95)
o Advantages of dictation and transcription (page 95)
Voice (speech) Recognition Technology
o Benefits of voice recognition (page 96)
Electronic Prescribing/ E-Prescribing
o Benefits of E-Prescribing (page 97)
Computerized Physician Order Entry
o CPOE definition (page 98)
Tracking Physicians’ Orders
o Returned orders (page 98)
The Problem List
o Problem list definition (page 100-101)