View a FREE sample

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) Right from medical school.
(b) 18 months after finishing medical school.
(c) About a year after finishing medical school.
(d) About 2 years after finishing medical school.

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

3. What was wrong with the woman who Gawande saw in the emergency room on his first day as a surgical resident?
(a) Had a piece of wire in her hand.
(b) Had a fractured finger.
(c) Had a fractured ankle.
(d) Had a 3-inch screw in her foot.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How do patients leave the operating room at Shouldice after having surgery?

2. How much do hernia operations cost at Shouldice Hospital?

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

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

5. Who first proposed that a computer could read an EKG better than a human could?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 281 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample