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Doctors
Doctors are medical practitioners whose primary role is to promote, maintain or restore health through the study, diagnosis and treatment of injuries or diseases. Those who specialize in certain diseases, patients, or treatment methods are called specialist medical practitioners.
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What part of being a doctor is your least favorite?
The part I don't like about being a doctor is not having enough time to give as much service as I would like. We have to plan our day, and I leave enough time to see my patients, give a treatment, and (hopefully) jot a note so I know what I did and remember my observations for next time. We have to see enough patients to keep our doors open, and insurance is getting closer and closer to giving charity. I see one pt per half hour. A few things get in the way:
1) Patients being late- that creates a domino effect, affecting all the other patients
2) Patients wanting a laundry list of problems addressed at once- not always possible
3) Patients wanting to chitchat about non-relevant issues
How do you pick an orthodontist?
You could ask your dentist for a few recommendations. Or you could look in your phone book for some possible ones. Or you could do a Internet search for the area you live in and orthodonist. For example, if you live near Chicago, you could type in "Chicago orthodonist"
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Since the 17yr old boy is short, the doctor might have taken an x-ray of elbow to check the cause for his short height, bone growth and development, eg- fusion of epiphysis, any abnormality in bone density, any lesion etc.
A open wound is a cut or scratch or any kind of cut. When it is new or still there not covered by a scab. While its open it can get many germs or it can get infected.
Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.) can write prescriptions and perform medical procedures just like Doctors of Medicine (M.D.) can. Both are fully qualified physicians.
Was the wife of Carl Brashear a doctor?
Right - his wife was an MD.
Just like The Cosby Show where Cliff Huxtable is an MD and his wife is a JD (it was a fictional tv sitcom; not reality).
Just like in the Oprah Winfrey-produced movie "The Great Debaters" starring Denzel Washington where an all-black college beats Harvard at a debate. (In reality, the school that movie was based on never even met Harvard in a debate).
Just like in the movie "Akeelah and the Bee" where an African-American student wins the famed Scripps National Spelling Bee (has never happened in reality).
What are the monthly expenses for a doctor's office?
A doctor's office, like so many other businesses, have similar expenses.
Operating expenses, which include but are not limited to, Utilities, Supplies, Equipment, Wages, Taxes, etc.
Monthly expense depend on the doctors office, but many of the common ones will be the same with all businesses.
Utilities, Salaries and Wages, Taxes, and even Supplies may be a monthly expense.
Why did the Australian community need the Royal Flying Doctor Service?
The Australian community is in fact a very tightly packed community with the vast majority of Australians living an urban life. However outback Australia is a different situation where vasts areas of land are administered by few people that live many hours drive from hospitals and even access to a general practitioner. This put the lives of the people that were required to live in the outback of Australia at risk should anything go wrong with their health or in the case of accidents. The best way to cover the great distances that are a part of the Australian outback is the aeroplane. Naturally a service was put into place by these communities to look after their health.
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John Flynn was the one with the vision for the medical service that would later become the RFDS, that could reach the isolated communities of the outback. He was first posted as a Presbyterian minister at Beltana, a remote settlement hundreds of kilometres north of Adelaide, South Australia. He experienced great difficulties reaching such a widely scattered population, so he was appointed as the first Superintendent of the Australian Inland Mission, the 'bush department' of the Presbyterian Church, in 1912. Flynn served in the AIM during a time when just two doctors served an area of 300,000 sq kms in Western Australia and 1,500,000 sq kms in the Northern Territory. Flynn realised there needed to be better medical care for the people of the outback, so he established numerous bush hospitals and hostels. One particular story caught his attention: that of a young stockman named Jim Darcy. Darcy was injured when he fell off his horse, and although considerable assistance was rendered to him via telegraph, by the time the doctor physically reached him, he had died.
By 1917, Flynn saw that new technology such as radio and the aeroplane could help provide a more effective medical service. His inquiries caused him to be contacted by an Australian pilot serving in World War I, Clifford Peel, who outlined the capabilities and costs of then-available planes. An excellent fundraiser, Flynn turned his talents to the task of establishing a flying medical service. On 15 May 1928, the Aerial Medical Service was established at Cloncurry, in western Queensland.
How much do you get paid throughout residency if at all for becoming an Anethesiologist?
The national rate hourly is about the same as teachers, around 30 to 45 dollars an hour, however, the work load is different because in an Anesthesiology residency you will be working up to 80 hours a week, which is double the amount of teachers. On average they will make $80,000 dollars a year, but can top out at above $100,000.
What personal qualities are required to be a doctor?
Dedication; integrity; ability to listen; ability to constantly learn; compassion; lack of any need to judge people; lack of pride and arrogance.
What does ABIM after a doctors name mean?
The initials stand for American Board of Internal Medicine.
Although there have been many designs for the Medical Corp staff insignia, the current Oak Leaf and Acorn design are a reflection of those within the field desiring to enforce the idea that they are US Naval Officers, first, and Medical Professionals second.
As noted in the fine report, entered by the previous contributor in the first URL, below, the Oak Leaf symbolizes strength and the Acorn symbolizes development. Both have been used extensively, intoning those meanings throughout naval history.
The Oak Leaf and Acorn design was introduced in a General Order, 01 November 1883, and went into effect 01 July 1884. It beat out a competitor, the maroon Geneva cross, set in a silver Maltese cross.
The Naval Flight Surgeon corps, adds a wing to the Medical Corps device, which obviously indicates the staff corps' aerial ties. The first insignia was designed by Dr. H.J. "Tex" Rickard, who had been designated a Naval Flight Surgeon in July 1940. There have been a few changes since, including the change of the wing to be identical to that of Naval Aviators, as initially recommended by Captain Rickard.
The report, in the first URL, below, "The History of theNavy Medical Corps Insignia: A Case for Diagnosis", contains the full history, including some alternative theories that have been used to explain the device, such as the thought that they were used throughout the years to indicate a connection with Druidic healers, even though no information exists, militarily or otherwise, that such symbolism has ever been used to express such a link.
The report linked in the second URL, below, "Insignias", contains a cornucopia of information about current and past US Naval Uniforms and Insignia, including that of the Naval Flight Surgeons, as of 2005.
