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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I - The Computer and the Hernia Factor.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) 18 months after finishing medical school.
(c) About a year after finishing medical school.
(d) Right from medical school.

2. How much do hernia operations cost at Shouldice Hospital?
(a) About one-third of what they cost elsewhere.
(b) About one-fourth of what they cost elsewhere.
(c) About twice what they cost elsewhere.
(d) Half what they cost elsewhere.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was the patient Gawande saw while on trauma duty who had been shot in the buttock?

2. How much might it cost in most hospitals to repair a hernia?

3. What were the occupations of Gawande's parents?

4. How many operating rooms are at Shouldice Hospital?

5. On an EKG, what is the downstroke at the start of a heart beat called?

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