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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. How many electrocardiograms did a man examine to test his diagnostic skills against a computer?
(a) 3,215.
(b) 2,240.
(c) 1,775.
(d) 675.

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

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

4. How long might it take in most hospitals to repair a hernia?
(a) 45 minutes.
(b) 2 hours.
(c) 90 minutes.
(d) 1 hours.

5. Who first proposed that a computer could read an EKG better than a human could?
(a) William Baxt.
(b) Lars Edenbrandt.
(c) Michael Bartholomew.
(d) David Angston.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of a local anesthetic did the chief resident use when she put in a central line?

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

3. What color of blood indicates that the central line is inserted properly?

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

5. What was the oxygen saturation of woman who Gawande treats at the beginning of "When Doctors Make Mistakes"?

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