The medical field is a very interesting career field. There are hundreds of different occupations within this field, including anything from saving a fragile newborn baby’s life to prescribing antibiotics to a relatively healthy adult. No two occupations are exactly alike, but each one is equally important. Although there are several job variations in medicine, they all have at least one thing in common. Every occupation within the medical field relies heavily on mathematics. Elementary mathematics, geometry and algebra are all obviously crucial to advancing in new technology, saving lives and curing diseases. However, most people do not realize the importance math has on simpler tasks performed every day by doctors, nurses, x-ray technicians, pharmacists, and the hundreds of other jobs in this fascinating career field. With the use of basic as well as advanced mathematics, we have achieved many life-saving medical advances and will continue to save lives as well as perform less complicated medical tasks.
Perhaps one of the most used mathematic skill in the medical field is converting units. According to a study based on IMS’s Vector One Database, in the year 2011 alone there were 3,764,698,318 prescriptions filled in the United States (SDI Health). In order to prescribe and fill these prescriptions, pharmacists and doctors had to precisely calculate medication measurements. Medication is prescribed using the metric system, often in milligrams per kilogram (Glydon). To figure how much medicine to prescribe to a patient, a doctor must first convert their patient’s weight in pounds to kilograms. After this, they must carefully calculate the amount of required milligrams per kilogram. Doctors must be able to determine ...
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...out it, we would not have made as medical advances as we have, and we would not be capable of saving thousands of lives each day.
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In this one experience, the employee showed a lack of ability to multiply, add, or logically reason that with bigger sections, the number of pieces needed to make forty feet would decrease. This is disturbing. Just as one would expect an adult to know how to read, to know who the President is, and to be able to find his home state on a map, one would expect an adult to be able to multiply six times seven. The Fidler employee was obviously not taught sound mathematical reasoning in school. Unfortunately, as much as the current educational system tries to neglect the value of math, its importance is inescapable, especially in today’s modern society. The time has come to reintroduce the public to mathematics, and the way to do it is to establish more and better math classes in American schools.
The Guide also describes the types of conditions seen in physical therapy and the many types of tests, measures, and interventions used by clinicians to treat those conditions. Within their patient/client management responsibilities, physical therapists assess the patient’s current status and make determinations of her potential for improvement, based on tests and measures used as part of their examinations and evaluations (Clynch, 2017, p. 10).” The APTA plays a big role in the advancement of physical therapy through their online access to information. This allows there to be tests or experiments done to assure accuracy along with precision with new medical findings and changes in technology and its many uses. Settings such as acute care, outpatient clinics, home care, hospice, and settings specializing in pediatric care.
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medications is more than the act of getting drugs to a patient. The delivery of medication is directly tied to the charge for the medication. Thus the responsibility for charging or crediting medication belongs to technicians. This aspect of their job is strictly governed by federal regulations. These laws hold the technician directly responsible for the accuracy of a patient’s account’s charge and credit transactions. Because every dose is related to a specific day and time, when technicians credit they must apply that change to the corresponding dose. Assignificant as accuracy is to the patient’s account, accuracy in the making of their medications is even more important.
I also learned that mathematics was more than merely an intellectual activity: it was a necessary tool for getting a grip on all sorts of problems in science and engineering. Without mathematics there is no progress. However, mathematics could also show its nasty face during periods in which problems that seemed so simple at first sight refused to be solved for a long time. Every math student will recognize these periods of frustration and helplessness.
When you go to the store to shop for groceries I’m pretty positive you don’t think about how much math you’re about to do. All the skills that you use when buying milk is all learned in school. Milk consumption for a family that has children who are in school is a problem because kids love eating cereal, and drinking milk before school. When shopping for milk you make comparisons on the prices by which brand is the cheapest. When shopping you estimate, gather, and organize data to figure out which milk is the best price. You can’t go to the grocery store and walk away without making at least one comparison which, you learned in math all your life. (May, 1994)
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Devlin believes that mathematics has four faces 1) Mathematics is a way to improve thinking as problem solving. 2) Mathematics is a way of knowing. 3) Mathematics is a way to improve creative medium. 4) Mathematics is applications. (Mann, 2005). Because mathematics has very important role in our life, teaching math in basic education is as important as any other subjects. Students should study math to help them how to solve problems and meet the practical needs such as collect, count, and process the data. Mathematics, moreover, is required students to be capable of following and understanding the future. It also helps students to be able to think creativity, logically, and critically (Happy & Listyani, 2011,
According to World Health Organization, the number of people with blindness due to infectious diseases has reduced in the last 20 years whereas 80% of all visual impairment can be prevented or cured. Despite of that, 285 million people are estimated to be visually impaired worldwide as about 90% are from low-income society. Considering this scenario, it is still necessary to think about this public and know how to teach them disciplines such as Mathematics that are important to their lives as citizens. The Mathematics concepts