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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did pediatrics appeal to Konner?

2. What is 'dura mater'?

3. How does Konner characterize surgeons' personalities?

4. When did walk-rounds begin in the Emergency Ward?

5. For how long has Konner wanted to study medicine?

Short Essay Questions

1. What lesson does Konner say he learned from John Williams?

2. How does Konner describe Gerald Edwards' brain surgery?

3. How does Konner characterize his medical student colleagues?

4. What explanation does Konner give for why he wrote this book?

5. How does Konner say that Marty Wentworth and Dr. Carter embarrassed themselves?

6. What are Konner's feelings about surgery?

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

8. What was Konner's second experience in anesthesiology like?

9. How does Konner characterize Howard Cullen's condition?

10. What is borderline syndrome?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What would a medical school, or medical industry run along Konner's ideas look like? Would it be profitable? Would it be better or worse than the industry he was indoctrinated into? Does Konner offer his critiques for the purpose of designing a better system?

Essay Topic 2

Konner feels conflicted between psychoanalysis and psycho-pharmacology approaches to psychiatric treatment. How does he resolve this conflict within himself? What other conflicts does he feel, and how does he resolve them? Choose one and describe the reason for Konner's sense of self-conflict, as well as his method of resolving the conflict for himself.

Essay Topic 3

Describe a case in which Konner or someone else broke the hospital rules in a treatment or patient contact. What risks were associated with breaking rules, and what mechanism was there to guarantee that rules were followed? What makes it acceptable to break the rules, or depart from standard protocols of care? What do you think Konner would say is lost if doctors are not allowed to do this?

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