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

2. How do patients leave the operating room at Shouldice after having surgery?
(a) They leave in a wheelchair.
(b) They are taken on a gurney.
(c) They walk out of the room.
(d) They use a walker.

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

4. Who introduced the term "health-care focused factory"?
(a) Rachel Erlinger.
(b) Rochelle Meslinger.
(c) Ramona Wyatt.
(d) Regina Herzlinger.

5. Who examined a stack of electrocardiograms to test his diagnostic skills against the computer?
(a) Henrich Wagner.
(b) Andrew Weaver.
(c) John Brighton.
(d) Hans Ohlin.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When installing a central line, how long is the wire that is inserted into the vein toward the vena cava ?

3. What country bans surgeons from practicing on animals?

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

5. How long is the apprenticeship at Shouldice Hospital?

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