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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Emergency Ward Surgery: No Man's Land.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Konner's experience in Africa?
(a) As a pilot.
(b) As a soldier.
(c) As an anthropologist.
(d) As a nurse.

2. How long is a rotation?
(a) Six months.
(b) Six weeks.
(c) A semester.
(d) Two months.

3. What was Konner's status during the anecdote that opens the book?
(a) Med student.
(b) Intern.
(c) Observer.
(d) Doctor.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was Scott Lucas' role?

3. Who did students meet with during initial basic clinical skills class?

4. What was Freddy Robertson's role in the procedures that were performed?

5. Why was Konner distressed by the first part of the National Medical Board Examinations?

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