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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. How does Konner characterize his work with Dr. Haley?

2. What was the diagnosis for patient Edie?

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

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

5. What medical term does Konner use to describe his book?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was Edwards' condition after surgery?

3. What are Konner's feelings about surgery?

4. What was the controversy around the patient Ruskin operated on?

5. What mistake was made during gall bladder surgery on an obese woman, and what conclusion did this lead Konner to make?

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

7. What does Konner say he finds unrealistic in TV doctor dramas?

8. Describe Konner's first neurological examination.

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

10. How does Konner say med school affected him personally?

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

What are the different narrative threads Konner weaves throughout 'Becoming a Doctor'? One is the simple chronological experience of med school. What developments take place, and how does Konner's personality, or how do his attitudes about medicine or illness or his own identity change throughout the course of the book? Where do these themes intersect? How are they developed?

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