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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. At what age did Konner begin his first rotation?
(a) 22.
(b) 41.
(c) 28.
(d) 36.

2. Who did students meet with during initial basic clinical skills class?
(a) Doctors.
(b) Patients' relatives.
(c) Nurses.
(d) Patients.

3. What does Konner say the younger students do not have, which older students do?
(a) Fear.
(b) Technical expertise.
(c) Intuition.
(d) Political connections.

4. When was 'Becoming a Doctor' published?
(a) 1987.
(b) 1967.
(c) 2003.
(d) 1994.

5. How does Konner characterize his teachers in the basic clinical skills classes?
(a) The least interesting teachers he ever had.
(b) The most impersonal teachers he had.
(c) The best teachers he had.
(d) The least successful teachers he ever had.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Konner characterize the anesthesiologist?

2. What did Konner find for the street person who came in with a minor injury?

3. What crude behavior does Konner describe from a resident physician?

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

5. What did interns do after rounds?

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