View a FREE sample

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 was the woman injured that Gawande had to attend to on a crisp winter Friday?
(a) A fall at work.
(b) A domestic incident.
(c) Auto accident.
(d) A fall at home.

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

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

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

5. How do patients leave the operating room at Shouldice after having surgery?
(a) They leave in a wheelchair.
(b) They are taken on a gurney.
(c) They walk out of the room.
(d) They use a walker.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How long did it take a man to examine a stack of electrocardiograms to test his diagnostic skills against a computer?

3. How many pages were in the book that listed the schedule of programs at the surgeons convention?

4. What were the occupations of Gawande's parents?

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

(see the answer key)

This section contains 217 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample