Chapter 11 - Managing Health Care Professionals exam 2024/2025 with 100% correct answers
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Chapter 11 - Managing Health Care Professionals
Institution
Chapter 11 - Managing Health Care Professionals
How many jobs were there in 2014 in the healthcare industry? correct answers- over 16 million
What percentage of the healthcare industry jobs are nurses? physicians? physician assistants? correct answers- 61% - 2.7 million jobs, majority which are in hospitals
- 691,400 - majority in metropolit...
How many jobs were there in 2014 in the healthcare industry? correct answers- over 16 million
What percentage of the healthcare industry jobs are nurses? physicians? physician assistants? correct
answers- 61% - 2.7 million jobs, majority which are in hospitals
- 691,400 - majority in metropolitan areas
- about 50% in physician practices , 25% in hospitals and the rest in outpatient care
What do you need to get into med school? correct answers- can have an undergrad in any subject
- strong foundation in math, bio, chem, and physics
- must pass the MCAT with a high gpa
What is NRMP? correct answers- national residency matching program
- process for graduating medical students for graduate medical education
what is the length of residency training program? correct answers- three years for family practice to ten
years for cardio-thoracic surgery or neurosurgery
what happens after residency? correct answers- physicians are eligible to take their board certification
examinations and practice independently
Restrictions on residency work hours and what did there restrictions lead too? correct answers- cannot
work more than 80 hours a week and more than 24 hours in a row
- increased use of contract physicians, mid-level practitioners, PAs and NPs
- may need to hire ancillary staff and allied health professionals to do tasks previously covered by
residents
, How does physician licensure work? correct answers- most physicians are eligible to obtain a license to
practice medicine after one year of post- graduate training
what is licensure? correct answers- granted by the state, required for physicians, nurses and others to
practice, and demonstrates competency to perform a scope of practice. State Boards of Physician Quality
Assurance (BPQA) establish requirements for medical licenses.
Why do a majority of the states now have authority to require CBC( criminal background checks)? correct
answers- increasing societal concerns about alcohol and drug abusers, sexual predators, and child and
elder abusers.
What happens if the CBC shows convictions? correct answers- boards review the application, looking for
level and frequency of criminal behavior, basing their decision on that, along with other materials
submitted by the applicant, such as proof of alcohol and drug rehabilitation.
How does a physician obtain board certification? correct answers- Physicians may voluntarily submit
documentation of education, training, and practice to an American Board of Medical Specialists (ABMS)
Member Board for review.
- Upon approval of the medical specialty board and successful completion of examinations, the physician
is designated as board certified in that specialty.
is being board certified time - limited? correct answers- yes.
- Physicians must demonstrate continued competency and re-take the exam every six to ten years,
depending on the specialty.
- Maintenance of Certification (ABMS MOC) is to ensure physicians remain current.
- Board certification is a form of credentialing a physician's competency in a specific area.
Why is being board certified important? correct answers- For staff privileges and hiring purposes, most
hospitals, HMOs, and other health care organizations require a physician to be board certified or board
eligible, i.e., preparing to sit for the exams.
- Board certification is used as a proxy for determining the quality of a health professional's services.
- Assumption of quality is based on research that more education and training leads to a higher quality
of service.
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