Medicine

770 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 6-month-old boy attends with his mother for a routine check. He is exclusively breastfed, thriving and well, and has had no solid food. He has had moderate ec…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 13-year-old boy who received a deceased-donor kidney transplant eighteen months ago attends the general practice with his mother. He takes tacrolimus, mycophe…

Paediatrics · Pre-internship · middle twist

A boy born at 30 weeks gestation attends the child health nurse at 9 months of age. His mother has completed the Ages and Stages Questionnaire using his date of…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 4-year-old girl attends her preschool vision screening in the year before she starts school. She is well, has no complaints, and her parents have noticed noth…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · middle twist

You are the resident in a paediatric outpatient clinic. A 15-year-old boy attends for review of his asthma, which is well controlled. At the start you explained…

Paediatrics · Pre-internship · middle twist

A 20-month-old boy attends for his 18-month health check in an outer suburb of Perth. He walks confidently, climbs onto the kitchen bench and opens cupboards. T…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 17-year-old girl attends a general practice for a pre-employment medical. The Australian Immunisation Register shows she received one dose of nine-valent huma…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 9-week-old boy has a full blood count taken when an intravenous cannula is inserted before an inguinal hernia repair. He was born at 39 weeks weighing 3300 g,…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · middle twist

You are asked to chart regular paracetamol for a 14-year-old boy on the first day after an open appendicectomy. He weighs 68 kg and is 174 cm tall. He has no li…

Paediatrics · Pre-internship · middle twist

A 4-month-old boy attends for his scheduled immunisations. He was born at term and is thriving. The right hemiscrotum is empty and underdeveloped. The right tes…

Paediatrics · Pre-internship · middle twist

A 10-month-old girl is brought by her mother, who has noticed that in photographs taken with a flash the left pupil looks white while the right glows red. The g…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 10-day-old girl is reviewed before discharge from the special care nursery, where she was admitted for feeding support. She was born at 38 weeks in a frank br…

Paediatrics · Pre-internship · middle twist

You are the intern on the postnatal ward. A healthy term boy was born two hours ago weighing 3400 g. After a full discussion of the risks, both parents decline…

Paediatrics · Pre-internship · middle twist

A 5-week-old girl is brought to the emergency department after two episodes of vomiting and an hour of unusual drowsiness. She was born at home at term after an…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 40-year-old man who came to Australia from Iraq as a refugee eight years ago attends a general practice with six months of broken sleep, nightmares and daily…

Psychiatry · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 71-year-old woman who migrated from Hong Kong 40 years ago is admitted to a psychiatric ward with a severe depressive episode. She speaks Cantonese and almost…

Psychiatry · Pre-internship · middle twist

A metropolitan mental health service is examining why Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander inpatients leave the ward against medical advice far more often than…

Psychiatry · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 22-year-old Aboriginal man is brought to a regional hospital by his aunt six weeks after his grandfather's funeral. At night he hears his grandfather calling…

Psychiatry · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 38-year-old Aboriginal woman is on the caseload of a metropolitan community mental health team after her third admission this year for a depressive episode wi…

Psychiatry · Pre-internship · middle twist

The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare reports causes of death for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people. Among Aboriginal and…

Psychiatry · Clinical rotations · middle twist