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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. When was it first suggested that a computer could read an EKG better than a human could?
(a) 1987.
(b) 1991.
(c) 1984.
(d) 1990.

2. At what convention center was the surgeon's conference held?
(a) Donald E. Stevens Convention Center.
(b) Chicago Convention Center.
(c) Chicagoland Conference Center.
(d) McCormick Place.

3. How much might it cost in most hospitals to repair a hernia?
(a) Around $3,000.
(b) Around $5,500.
(c) Upward of $8,000.
(d) Upward of $4,000.

4. How long after Bryce Shouldice left medical school did he begin performing hernia operations at Shouldice?
(a) About 2 years after finishing medical school.
(b) About a year after finishing medical school.
(c) Right from medical school.
(d) 18 months after finishing medical school.

5. What time of day was it when Gawande had to leave the procedure on a teenage knifing victim?
(a) Midnight.
(b) Noon.
(c) 10 p.m.
(d) 2 a.m.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does the American College of Surgeons convention take place?

2. When is the M&M at Gawande's hospital?

3. How many years of training did Gawande require to be a general surgeon?

4. How much did a robotic surgery device cost that Gawande's department purchased?

5. How old was the woman that Gawande saw in the emergency room his first day as a surgical resident?

(see the answer key)

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