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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. On an EKG, what is the downstroke at the start of a heart beat called?

2. At the beginning of Chapter 1, how many weeks had Gawande been in training?

3. How many minutes without oxygen could lead to brain damage and perhaps death?

4. How old was Rowland Scott Quinlan when he began having problems?

5. How long is the apprenticeship at Shouldice Hospital?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the most important criteria for becoming a surgeon?

2. Why do many experts believe that the M&M is a shabby approach to analyzing error and improving performance in medicine?

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

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

5. What did Gawande watch during the afternoon of his first day at the surgeons convention?

6. Why did Gawande recommend removing the appendix of a thirty-nine-year-old woman who did not fit the pattern for appendicitis?

7. What is the Texas-sharpshooter fallacy?

8. Are doctors usually superstitious?

9. What is an EKG?

10. Why did Gawande have to leave a teenage knifing victim and go tend to another emergency?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the three theories of pain discussed in the book.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the traits that make a good surgeon and why those traits are so important.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the physician's dodge and why Gawande believes that it is a necessary part of medical training.

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