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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What color of blood indicates that the central line is inserted properly?
2. 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?
3. How many siblings does Goodman have?
4. At what convention center was the surgeon's conference held?
5. When installing a central line, how long is the wire that is inserted into the vein toward the vena cava ?
Short Essay Questions
1. What type of complications had occurred from residents putting in a central line?
2. What did Gawande watch during the afternoon of his first day at the surgeons convention?
3. Are doctors usually superstitious?
4. Where can doctors candidly discuss medical mistakes?
5. What was the shift like that Gawande worked on Friday the thirteenth?
6. Why does it take so long before colleagues take effective action against a bad doctor?
7. Why do many experts believe that the M&M is a shabby approach to analyzing error and improving performance in medicine?
8. What is a Terribly Quiet Chat and how effective can one be?
9. What was it like at Gawande's hospital when it was time for the annual surgeons convention?
10. How is Shouldice Hospital designed for hernia patients?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare and contrast diagnosis of illness and evaluation of tests using machines and using humans. Use examples from Complications.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the traits that make a good surgeon and why those traits are so important.
Essay Topic 3
Argue whether gastric-bypass surgery is or is not a successful way to lose weight. Use examples from the book to support your arguments.
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