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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. At the beginning of Chapter 1, how many weeks had Gawande been in training?
(a) 4 weeks.
(b) 3 months.
(c) 4 months.
(d) 6 weeks.

2. What violation finally got Goodman in trouble?
(a) Not attending the M&M conferences.
(b) Complaints from patients.
(c) Too many lawsuits.
(d) Complaints from other surgeons.

3. Who is the doctor who was convicted of murdering fifteen patients with lethal doses of narcotics?
(a) Harold Shipman.
(b) David Andreson.
(c) Gary Manson.
(d) Henry Whitman.

4. Who introduced the term "health-care focused factory"?
(a) Rachel Erlinger.
(b) Ramona Wyatt.
(c) Regina Herzlinger.
(d) Rochelle Meslinger.

5. How long do hernia operations take at Shouldice Hospital?
(a) About 90 minutes.
(b) 20-25 minutes.
(c) About an hour.
(d) 30-45 minutes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Gawande grow up?

2. What year were the articles by Joseph Lister that were for sale?

3. What book did British psychologist James Reason write about errors?

4. What country bans surgeons from practicing on animals?

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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