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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Conclusion: Healing Artisans.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What optimism does Konner retain in the end?
(a) Healing is possible.
(b) Patients will heal themselves.
(c) Even an incompetent doctor is better than no doctor at all.
(d) Human beings will be good to one another.

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

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

5. What is Pickwickian syndrome?
(a) A patient falls asleep during the day.
(b) A patient forgets where he lives.
(c) A patient passes out while eating.
(d) A patient lives in an imaginary world.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Konner characterize surgeons' personalities?

2. How does Konner characterize Johann Ringler?

3. What is the prognosis for the patients Konner sees under Dr. Burdick?

4. How does Konner say anesthesiologists view surgeons?

5. How many hours a week did Konner work with Dr. Brass and the others on his rotation?

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