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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. What surgery did Gawande assist with for a seventy-five-year-old woman?
(a) Surgery to remove colon cancer.
(b) Surgery to remove pancreatic cancer.
(c) Surgery to put a screw in a broken leg.
(d) Surgery to remove an appendix.

2. How old was the patient who needed a central line?
(a) In his sixties.
(b) Fiftyish.
(c) In his thirties.
(d) In his forties.

3. What was Dr. Richard Sang's practice before he came to Shouldice?
(a) Internist.
(b) Obstetrics.
(c) General surgeon.
(d) Family Practice.

4. When installing a central line, how long is the wire that is inserted into the vein toward the vena cava ?
(a) 2 feet long.
(b) 3 feet long.
(c) 15 inches long.
(d) 12 inches long.

5. What type of surgery had the patient who needed a central line had a week earlier?
(a) Removal of his appendix.
(b) Hernia surgery.
(c) Abdominal surgery.
(d) Heart surgery.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Gawande grow up?

2. When did a man examine a stack of electrocardiograms to test his diagnostic skills against a computer?

3. Who introduced the term "health-care focused factory"?

4. How many electrocardiograms did a man examine to test his diagnostic skills against a computer?

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

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