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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I - Nine Thousand Surgeons.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long might it take in most hospitals to repair a hernia?
(a) 90 minutes.
(b) 45 minutes.
(c) 2 hours.
(d) 1 hours.

2. Who examined a stack of electrocardiograms to test his diagnostic skills against the computer?
(a) Henrich Wagner.
(b) Hans Ohlin.
(c) Andrew Weaver.
(d) John Brighton.

3. When does the American College of Surgeons convention take place?
(a) Mid-October.
(b) July.
(c) April.
(d) September.

4. Who first proposed that a computer could read an EKG better than a human could?
(a) Lars Edenbrandt.
(b) David Angston.
(c) William Baxt.
(d) Michael Bartholomew.

5. What were the occupations of Gawande's parents?
(a) Lawyers.
(b) Doctors.
(c) Orthodontists.
(d) Engineers.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many hospital patients suffered complications from treatment that prolonged their hospital stay or resulted in disability or death according to a Harvard Medical Practice Study in 1991?

2. When was it first suggested that a computer could read an EKG better than a human could?

3. How many minutes without oxygen could lead to brain damage and perhaps death?

4. What surgery did Gawande assist with for a seventy-five-year-old woman?

5. How long do hernia operations take at Shouldice Hospital?

(see the answer key)

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