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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. Where do first-year medical students' clinical experiences take place?
(a) Large hospital groups.
(b) By shadowing individual doctors.
(c) Small hospital groups.
(d) One-on-one tutorials.

2. Who took over the anesthesiology after Dr. Ramirez was finished bagging and intubating a patient?
(a) The patient's mother.
(b) The surgeon.
(c) A nurse.
(d) A nurse-anesthesiologist.

3. What was the surgeons response when Dr. Ramirez asked Konner to intubate?
(a) He wanted Ramirez to intubate.
(b) He criticized Ramirez' technique.
(c) He showed Konner how to do it.
(d) He did it himself.

4. For what did John Williams set records?
(a) Cases handled.
(b) Malpractice claims.
(c) Monthly earnings.
(d) Longest time without sleep.

5. What is 'bagging' a patient?
(a) Covering a patient's head so they cannot see surgery.
(b) Putting a deceased patient in a body bag.
(c) Giving a bag to a nauseous patient.
(d) Breathing for them with a rubber bag.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How does Konner characterize surgeons?

4. What does Konner say patients almost always want doctors to do?

5. Where was Melvin Konner a medical student?

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