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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I - Nine Thousand Surgeons.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What book did British psychologist James Reason write about errors?
(a) Fatal System Error.
(b) Errors and Medicine.
(c) Human Error.
(d) No Room for Error.

2. Who first proposed that a computer could read an EKG better than a human could?
(a) Lars Edenbrandt.
(b) Michael Bartholomew.
(c) William Baxt.
(d) David Angston.

3. What year were the articles by Joseph Lister that were for sale?
(a) 1867.
(b) 1881.
(c) 1912.
(d) 1874.

4. How long is the apprenticeship at Shouldice Hospital?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 18 months.

5. What country bans surgeons from practicing on animals?
(a) Australia.
(b) Britain.
(c) New Zealand.
(d) Canada.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times had the surgeons conference been held?

2. How many minutes without oxygen could lead to brain damage and perhaps death?

3. What type of surgery had the patient who needed a central line had a week earlier?

4. How many surgeons attended the American College of Surgeons convention?

5. What surgery did Gawande assist with for a seventy-five-year-old woman?

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