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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. What criticism does Konner make of the surgery that went on for three hours?
(a) The surgeon made mistakes even he could recognize.
(b) The procedure was merely cosmetic.
(c) It could have been finished much sooner.
(d) The patient should not have been operated on.

2. What is the immigrant neurosurgeon's rule, when Konner makes rounds with him?
(a) Read the chart first.
(b) Spend as little time as possible with the patient.
(c) Touch the patient.
(d) Talk to the patient.

3. What did interns do after rounds?
(a) Start to study.
(b) Write up the rounds.
(c) Wait for patients to come in.
(d) Begin assignments.

4. What restrictions did Konner have to observe after scrubbing in?
(a) He could not talk to anyone.
(b) He could not discuss other cases.
(c) He could not touch anything.
(d) He could not leave the surgery ward.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At what age did Konner begin his first rotation?

2. What did Mike Colucci do by mistake?

3. How does Konner characterize his teachers in the basic clinical skills classes?

4. What behavior of John Williams' embarrassed Konner?

5. What does asepsis mean?

(see the answer key)

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