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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 much money did Goodman make in a year when he was doing well?
(a) $250,000.
(b) $500,000.
(c) $300,000.
(d) $400,000.

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

3. How many years of training did Gawande require to be a general surgeon?
(a) 8.
(b) 6.
(c) 12.
(d) 10.

4. How many salespeople attended the surgeons convention?
(a) 3,500.
(b) 6,100.
(c) 4,200.
(d) 5,300.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What violation finally got Goodman in trouble?

2. How long do hernia operations take at Shouldice Hospital?

3. What was the woman's alcohol level that Gawande had to attend to on a crisp winter Friday?

4. At the beginning of Chapter 1, how many weeks had Gawande been in training?

5. How many hospital patients suffered complications from treatment that prolonged their hospital stay or resulted in disability or death according to a Harvard Medical Practice Study in 1991?

(see the answer key)

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