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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I - The Computer and the Hernia Factor.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long after Bryce Shouldice left medical school did he begin performing hernia operations at Shouldice?
(a) 18 months after finishing medical school.
(b) About 2 years after finishing medical school.
(c) About a year after finishing medical school.
(d) Right from medical school.

2. Who first proposed that a computer could read an EKG better than a human could?
(a) David Angston.
(b) William Baxt.
(c) Lars Edenbrandt.
(d) Michael Bartholomew.

3. How large was the fourth patient that Gawande had to insert a central line?
(a) About 380 pounds.
(b) About 195 pounds.
(c) Over 300 pounds.
(d) About 250 pounds.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was the patient Gawande saw while on trauma duty who had been shot in the buttock?

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

3. How long is the apprenticeship at Shouldice Hospital?

4. When installing a central line, how long is the wire that is inserted into the vein toward the vena cava ?

5. When was it first suggested that a computer could read an EKG better than a human could?

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