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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What outcome has Dr. Burdick tried to prevent in his practice?
(a) Keeping patients in the hospital indefinitely.
(b) Discharging patients to mental hospitals.
(c) Returning patients to the general public.
(d) Letting patients bounce around between different wards and hospitals.

2. What is 'dura mater'?
(a) Another name for bone.
(b) The protective sheath around the nerve cell.
(c) Hard matter around the brain.
(d) Bony channels in the ear.

3. What did Konner find for the street person who came in with a minor injury?
(a) An empty bed.
(b) A place to stay.
(c) A clean syringe.
(d) A bottle of alcohol.

4. What kinds of experiences prevent medical students from looking forward to initial encounters with patients?
(a) Phobias.
(b) Severe illnesses.
(c) Prior experience as a nurse or volunteer.
(d) Car accidents.

5. What procedure did Konner participate in with David Milano?
(a) Removing surgical stitches.
(b) Exploratory surgery.
(c) Herniography.
(d) Heart surgery.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the surgeons response when Dr. Ramirez asked Konner to intubate?

2. Which is NOT one of the four laws of medicine?

3. What does Konner say is typical of brain disease?

4. What feelings in the doctors does Konner say he understood after spending time with long-term incurable patients?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the process of scrubbing in.

2. What is borderline syndrome?

3. How does Konner say brain disease affects a person's personality?

4. How is Konner different from the other students in his group?

5. How does Konner characterize his medical student colleagues?

6. Describe Konner's first 'Saturday Night Knife and Gun Club'.

7. What was Edwards' condition after surgery?

8. What was Konner's experience in Africa, and what is its relation to Konner's current studies?

9. How would you describe Konner's tone and language in the opening anecdote?

10. What are Konner's feelings about surgery?

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