Tutoring 2/18/21

Which choice is most consistent with the first sentence of the passage?

• NO CHANGE

• minor

• meager

• limited

Which choice provides the smoothest transition between the first and second paragraphs?

• NO CHANGE

• Many medical students do not wish to pursue primary care because of the unreasonable work hours.

• In the 1980s, the number of primary care physicians in the United States plummeted.

• DELETE the underlined portion.

Should the author make this adjustment?

• NO CHANGE

• their

• his or her

• they're

Which choice most effectively establishes the main topic of the paragraph?

• The growth of hospitalist medicine introduces a number of benefits for both patients and hospitals alike.

• Hospitalists introduce a number of challenges for hospital patients and staff.

• The growth of the hospitalist movement is likely to accelerate in the coming years.

• Patients generally prefer hospitalists to other types of doctors due to the fact that hospitalists provide continuity of care.

Should the author make this adjustment?

• NO CHANGE

• hospital,

• hospital;

• hospital:

Should the author make this adjustment?

• NO CHANGE

• physical and occupational therapy, social services, and nursing care management.

• physical and occupational therapy, and social services, and also nursing care management.

• the physical and occupational therapy department, and the social services department, and, in addition, the nursing care management department.

Should the author make this adjustment?

• NO CHANGE

• which can be

• are

• DELETE the underlined portion.

At this point, the writer wants to add accurate and specific information from the graph to support the claim made in the previous sentence. Which choice best accomplishes this goal?

• Since 2006, the hospitalist movement’s rate of growth has continued to increase.

• Between 2006 and 2009, the number of hospitalists increased from nearly 20,000 to about 28,000.

• In 2009, the number of hospitalists in the United States leveled off at around 30,000.

• Between 2006 and 2009, the number of hospitalists in the United States more than doubled.

Should the author make this adjustment?

• NO CHANGE

• workforce;

• workforce

• workforce.

The writer is considering deleting the underlined sentence. Should the writer make this deletion?

• Yes, because the sentence weakens the argument in favor of training more hospitalists.

• Yes, because the sentence restates information provided earlier in the paragraph about the need for additional training for hospitalists.

• No, because the sentence provides another example of a future challenge for the hospitalist movement

• No, because the sentence provides another example of a benefit to patients for training more hospitalists.