Ella, the first in her family to graduate college, is in her third year of medical school, and has always been interested in pediatrics or family practice. In fact, she enrolled in medical school specifically because she wanted to follow her dream of returning to her small town and opening her own practice to serve the surrounding rural community.  She still would love to do that…but she is enjoying her orthopedics rotation and is considering applying to several urban hospitals for residency programs that will allow her to become an orthopedic surgeon. A) What main factors  (other than the lure of big city life and the love of surgery) are likely driving Emma toward big-city orthopedics and away from small-town pediatrics or family medicine? [var1] B) What is a policy or program that could be implemented to address these factors and steer Emma back to family practice in small-town and rural communities that have health provider shortages?[var2]

Medicare Part D covers [Var1]. Prior to recent amendments to the Medicare legislation, there was a [Var2] that caused many seniors to skip or skimp on needed medicines.

When cost control mechanisms are put in place to affect financing before they reach the health plan, we refer to them as [var1] .  Cost control mechanisms that affect the ways or amounts that are paid out to providers are referred to as [var2] . 

True or False? Access to healthcare is the most important factor influencing Americans’ health status, accounting for 70% of differences in health between populations and individuals.

In 1954, a seemingly insignificant change to the Internal Revenue Code (the tax code) allowed taxpayers to pay for health and medical expenses [var1]. This has led the federal government to [var2] hundreds of billions in yearly tax revenue and may [var3] overuse of healthcare services, thus making the health care system [var4] efficient

Which of the following is NOT something within Physician Assistants (PAs)’ scope of practice? 

Why did physicians gain cultural authority in the early to mid-1900s, and what does this mean?

In a podcast you were asked to listen to in this unit module, Isis’ parents decided to raise her and her brother without gender roles to avoid gender stereotypes. In doing so, they didn’t allow Isis to have specific things. Which of the following items did Isis’ parents say no to?  Choose all correct answers.

Submitting an assignment late, without an approved absence could result in a penalty up to _______%

DID is an example of a