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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I - When Good Doctors Go Bad.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many might attend an M&M at Gawande's hospital?
(a) Almost 100 people.
(b) 75 people.
(c) 55 people.
(d) About 200 people.

2. When did a man examine a stack of electrocardiograms to test his diagnostic skills against a computer?
(a) 1990.
(b) 1992.
(c) 1996.
(d) 1994.

3. What book did British psychologist James Reason write about errors?
(a) Errors and Medicine.
(b) Fatal System Error.
(c) Human Error.
(d) No Room for Error.

4. Who was the chief resident in charge of the procedure on a teenage knifing victim?
(a) Jon Lopez.
(b) Alex Dilmer.
(c) Andrew Brigham.
(d) David Hernandez.

5. What type of a local anesthetic did the chief resident use when she put in a central line?
(a) Triocaine.
(b) Benzocaine.
(c) Saxitoxin.
(d) Lidocaine.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was the patient who needed a central line?

2. What branch of military service did Goodman serve in?

3. At any given time, approximately what percent of practicing physicians are unfit to see patients?

4. Where was the surgeon's conference held that Gawande attended?

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

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