WGU D050 HISTORY OF HEALTHCARE IN
AMERICA FINAL EXAM 2026 PRACTICE SCRIPT
QUESTIONS ANSWERS INCLUDED
◉ Pest house? Answer: Where those with contagious diseases went (TB,
cholera, plague).
◉ Royal hospital? Answer: Elite went for care
◉ Primary tx facility from 1700-1720? Answer: Pest houses and
almshouses
◉ Royal hospitals became available when? Answer: 1722
◉ What opened to provide first rate care to individuals regardless of
status? Answer: Charity and Bellevue Hospital 1736
◉ First public hospital in US? Answer: PA Hospital, by Franklin and
Bond, 1751
◉ What year did yellow fever strain US healthcare? Answer: 1798
◉ What year was first tax developed and by who? Answer: Edward
Jenner 1796 for smallpox
, ◉ Vax Act of what year? Answer: 1813 for smallpox vaccine signed by
Madison
◉ Flexner Report year? Answer: 1910
◉ What did Flexner find in his report? Answer: US had too many
medical schools so produced too many Drs.
- Called for restructuring, standardization to create scientific paradigm,
and research
◉ What year did JHU open? Answer: 1876
◉ What did Hopkins do that was unique? Answer: - Established entry
requirements
- Developed med school curriculum w/ emphasis on scientific method
- Incorporated bedside teaching and labs
- Integrated SoM w/ hospital through joint faculty
◉ First major med school to admit women? Answer: JHU
◉ First hospital to use rubber gloves during surgery? Answer: JHU
AMERICA FINAL EXAM 2026 PRACTICE SCRIPT
QUESTIONS ANSWERS INCLUDED
◉ Pest house? Answer: Where those with contagious diseases went (TB,
cholera, plague).
◉ Royal hospital? Answer: Elite went for care
◉ Primary tx facility from 1700-1720? Answer: Pest houses and
almshouses
◉ Royal hospitals became available when? Answer: 1722
◉ What opened to provide first rate care to individuals regardless of
status? Answer: Charity and Bellevue Hospital 1736
◉ First public hospital in US? Answer: PA Hospital, by Franklin and
Bond, 1751
◉ What year did yellow fever strain US healthcare? Answer: 1798
◉ What year was first tax developed and by who? Answer: Edward
Jenner 1796 for smallpox
, ◉ Vax Act of what year? Answer: 1813 for smallpox vaccine signed by
Madison
◉ Flexner Report year? Answer: 1910
◉ What did Flexner find in his report? Answer: US had too many
medical schools so produced too many Drs.
- Called for restructuring, standardization to create scientific paradigm,
and research
◉ What year did JHU open? Answer: 1876
◉ What did Hopkins do that was unique? Answer: - Established entry
requirements
- Developed med school curriculum w/ emphasis on scientific method
- Incorporated bedside teaching and labs
- Integrated SoM w/ hospital through joint faculty
◉ First major med school to admit women? Answer: JHU
◉ First hospital to use rubber gloves during surgery? Answer: JHU
