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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Ward Surgery: Crossing the Boundary.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Dr. Feldstein make an impression on Konner?
(a) By his calm under pressure.
(b) By his patience and insight.
(c) By presenting a contrasting range of patients.
(d) By describing successes with radical procedures.

2. How does Konner compare to the other students in his cohort?
(a) He is older.
(b) He is the only man.
(c) He is younger.
(d) He is the least prepared.

3. What kinds of experiences prevent medical students from looking forward to initial encounters with patients?
(a) Severe illnesses.
(b) Phobias.
(c) Prior experience as a nurse or volunteer.
(d) Car accidents.

4. What behavior of John Williams' embarrassed Konner?
(a) He told a patient abruptly that they only had a few months to live.
(b) He walked away from a patient's question.
(c) He callously described a patient's discomfort to a group of interns.
(d) He was known to have affairs with the staff.

5. What was Scott Lucas' role?
(a) To reinflate the woman's lung.
(b) To get the woman's clothes off.
(c) To take blood.
(d) To test the woman's blood type.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Freddy Robertson handle the woman's purple finger?

2. For what did John Williams set records?

3. What procedure did Konner participate in with David Milano?

4. When did walk-rounds begin in the Emergency Ward?

5. What criticism does Konner make of the surgery that went on for three hours?

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