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 | Hello Dr. Smith. I am your new medical assistant, Rebecca White. | |
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| Welcome to the pediactric facilty, Ms. White. How would you like to start immediately? There is a patient in need of a well check-up in room 3. | |
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| Ms.White goes through patient 3's paperwork, noting the patient's height, weight, age, and gender. |
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| Now, we must calculate the patient's body mass index in order to determine if the patient is overweight or obese. | |
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| How do we calculate the BMI? | |
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| The BMI is a person's weight in kilograms over their height in centimeters squared. Then, we comapre it to the average score of a child the same age and gender. | |
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| Thank you for your help, Dr. Smith. I'll go do the calculations immediately. | |
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