AMC

379 free practice questions shared by students. Answer them right here — no account needed.

Practise theseOne at a time, in a random order, with the explanation after each.

A boy is born at 39 weeks after spontaneous labour. The membranes ruptured 26 hours before birth and his mother had a temperature of 38.4 degrees during labour;…

Paediatrics · Pre-internship · middle twist

A five-week-old exclusively breastfed boy is brought to the general practitioner because he is still yellow. He was born at term weighing 3.4 kg and now weighs…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 32-year-old woman attends her general practitioner for the six-week postnatal check with her healthy son. She says she is coping, sleeping when he sleeps and…

Paediatrics · Pre-internship · middle twist

A woman who has had no antenatal care presents in advanced labour and gives birth to a boy weighing 2350 g. She is unsure of her dates and there has been no ult…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A boy born at 39 weeks by spontaneous vaginal birth is 60 hours old. He has a high-pitched cry, tremors when he is undressed, sneezes repeatedly and takes the b…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A woman whose vaginal-rectal swab at 36 weeks grew group B streptococcus labours spontaneously at 39 weeks and 4 days. Her membranes rupture six hours before bi…

Paediatrics · Pre-internship · middle twist

A 15-year-old boy attends the renal clinic two years after a living-donor kidney transplant. He takes tacrolimus, mycophenolate and low-dose prednisolone daily,…

Paediatrics · Pre-internship · middle twist

A 16-year-old girl attends her general practice for a routine health check required before a school leadership camp. She is well, her growth is on the 50th cent…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 15-year-old boy is being cleared to play club rugby. He has never had chest pain, palpitations, breathlessness out of proportion to exertion or blackouts, and…

Paediatrics · Pre-internship · middle twist

A 16-year-old netballer attends for a pre-participation examination. She is asymptomatic. The femoral pulses are strong and synchronous with the radial pulses.…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 16-year-old girl attends a Western Australian general practice alone with three days of lower abdominal pain and vaginal discharge. She is sexually active and…

Paediatrics · Pre-internship · middle twist

A 15-year-old girl in the emergency department tells you, when seen alone, that for the past month she has often thought she would be better off dead. She has n…

Paediatrics · Pre-internship · middle twist

An 11-year-old girl has just been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes and will start insulin today. She is quiet, and her only questions are whether the injections w…

Paediatrics · Pre-internship · middle twist

A 17-year-old man with cystic fibrosis has attended the same paediatric respiratory clinic since infancy and will move to the adult service next year. His mothe…

Paediatrics · Pre-internship · middle twist

A 16-year-old girl with focal epilepsy attends a general practice alone and asks for contraception. She has been seizure-free for two years on carbamazepine and…

Paediatrics · Pre-internship · middle twist

A 15-year-old boy attends a bulk-billing general practice alone for a sports injury certificate. You have completed a psychosocial screen covering home, school,…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 16-year-old boy has had a moderate depressive episode for five months. He has completed eight sessions of cognitive behavioural therapy with a psychologist an…

Paediatrics · Pre-internship · middle twist

A 15-year-old girl is brought by her father because her marks have fallen from the top band to failing over two school terms. She has given up netball, which sh…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 16-year-old boy is brought to a regional emergency department by his mother, who found messages in which he described wanting to die. Seen alone, he says he h…

Paediatrics · Pre-internship · middle twist

A 17-year-old girl asks for help to stop vaping. She has used a disposable device every day for two years, now wakes at night to use it, and has failed three at…

Paediatrics · Pre-internship · middle twist