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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 type of a local anesthetic did the chief resident use when she put in a central line?

2. What was wrong with the woman who Gawande saw in the emergency room on his first day as a surgical resident?

3. How many operating rooms are at Shouldice Hospital?

4. How late were clinical sessions lined up until at the surgeons convention?

5. What was the average amount of time that a keyboard operator in Australia would lose from work due to disabling arm pain?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Gawande concerned about the patient who had been shot in the buttock?

2. What was the first program that Gawande attended at the surgeons convention?

3. How do surgeons learn to do new procedures once they are out of training?

4. Why was there no reason to operate on Quinlan's back?

5. What was Hank Goodman's reputation before he lost his license?

6. What is the secret of Shouldice Hospital's success with hernia repairs?

7. What is the newest theory of pain proposed by Melzack after abandoning the Gate-Control Theory?

8. What is a Terribly Quiet Chat and how effective can one be?

9. Why does it take so long before colleagues take effective action against a bad doctor?

10. Are doctors usually superstitious?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss why good doctors go bad and what solutions there are for the problem. Use examples from the book.

Essay Topic 2

Using examples from the book, explain why Gawande believes that medicine is an imperfect science.

Essay Topic 3

Using examples from the book, argue whether child abuse can or cannot be proven using scientific methods.

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