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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. How many surgeons attended the American College of Surgeons convention?
(a) 7,648.
(b) 10,312.
(c) 9,312.
(d) 8,914.

2. How many times had the surgeons conference been held?
(a) 93 times.
(b) 79 times.
(c) 108 times.
(d) 86 times.

3. How many companies were registered in attendance at the surgeons convention?
(a) About 1700 companies.
(b) Around 300 companies.
(c) Some 1200 companies.
(d) About 900 companies.

4. On an EKG, what is the downstroke at the start of a heart beat called?
(a) Q wave.
(b) R wave.
(c) S wave.
(d) T wave.

5. How many years of training did Gawande require to be a general surgeon?
(a) 8.
(b) 6.
(c) 12.
(d) 10.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was it first suggested that a computer could read an EKG better than a human could?

2. What time of day was it when Gawande had to leave the procedure on a teenage knifing victim?

3. How old was the patient who needed a central line?

4. How many hospital patients suffered complications from treatment that prolonged their hospital stay or resulted in disability or death according to a Harvard Medical Practice Study in 1991?

5. Who was the staff surgeon in charge of the procedure on a teenage knifing victim?

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