1.

September 30th:
How does the overall quality of care in the USA compare to Germany, Sweden, Canada?
USA has lower quality of care
Improvement of health care is equal among all ethnic groups
True or False
2. October 30th
Which of the following is NOT an incentive for medical students to enter Primary care field?
a. Government scholarships
b. Loan forgiveness programs
c. Increased work hours, cuts to nurse practitioners and medical assistants
d. Positive work environment
3. September 18th : Kaiser Medicare uninsured article
Under the Affordable Care Act, the Medicaid will expand in 2014 to reach millions of poor
Americans, mostly uninsured adults.
True or False
4. September 4th: Carona article
____ is a local health care organization and a related set of providers that can be held
responsible for the cost and quality of care delivered to a defined population.
a. Accountable care organization
b. chronic care model
c. patient centered medical home
d. bundled payment

5. August 28th: Conesus article

Which of the following is NOT a condition for consensus?
a. Trust and Openness
b. Common goal
c. Active participation
d. Good facilitation
e. Majority decision making
6. October 7th and 9th
Policy makers prioritize should anecdotes over scientific evidence.
True or False
7. September 2nd: Cross national comparisons of health care system
Citizens of Germany pay into____ for health care

a.
b.
c.
d.

Medicare
Social Security
Sickness funds
401K

8. September 16th: Understanding Health Insurance

Ratio of benefits paid to premiums
a. Loss ratio
b. Rate band
c. Community rating
d. Deductibles
9. October 23rd and 28th
I grew up in the East Los Angeles community, I grew up uninsured, so that was a big motivation
to come back and practice in the community. In this situation, what factor motivated the
physician to practice in an underserved area:
a. Personal growth
b. Salary and benefits
c. Career satisfaction
d. Self identity

10. November 4th and 6th: professional ethics

Cheating in medical school shows a relationship between unprofessional behavior in medical
practice.
True or False
11. September 11th: Health Care Financing
Which of the following is something people do to put off care because of costs?
a. Skipping dental care
b. Cutting pills in half
c. Relying on home remedies
d. All of the above

12. November 11th: Ethics cases: evaluation of inferences and conclusions

Which of the following influences a doctor to report a medical error?
a. Fear of malpractice
b. Prioritize patient needs over doctors own needs
c. Conflict of interest
d. Fear of speaking out against a fellow physician.

13. October 21st: Bottled water vs filtered tap water: stakeholders points of view
Give one argument against using bottled water (no more than 12 words)
14. October 2nd: Health care systems analysis and integration
Progressive tax is when a tax rate increases as income increases.
True or False
15. September 9th: Health care workforce
Which of the following is NOT a way to increase the amount of primary care physicians?
a. Giving bonuses
b. Grants to expand or develop primary care residency programs
c. Increase in Medicaid payments for primary care services
d. None of the above
16. September 18th: Medicaid
Who is Medicare designed to cover?
17. September 30th (Disparities)
Improvement of health care is equal among all ethnic groups
A) True
B) False