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.

Nine days after a vaginal birth, a woman presents with recurrent bleeding, a temperature of 38.3°C and lower abdominal pain. The uterus is tender and larger tha…

Obstetrics and Gynaecology · Clinical rotations · middle twist

Immediately after delivery, a woman becomes pale and hypotensive and reports severe pelvic pain. A smooth, dark-red mass is visible at the introitus; the placen…

Obstetrics and Gynaecology · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A woman develops ongoing haemorrhage during an emergency caesarean section for uterine atony. After 3 units of red blood cells and 2 units of fresh frozen plasm…

Obstetrics and Gynaecology · Pre-internship · middle twist

A 29-year-old woman has a 1.4 L haemorrhage after an uncomplicated vaginal birth. The placenta is complete and there is no vaginal or cervical tear. Despite ute…

Obstetrics and Gynaecology · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 72-year-old woman with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is admitted with worsening breathlessness. Her pulse is irregular at 118 beats per minute.…

Cardiovascular · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 32-year-old woman presents seven days after an uncomplicated delivery with five sudden, severe headaches over 48 hours. Each begins abruptly during bathing or…

AMC · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 49-year-old man develops abrupt retro-orbital pain and vomiting while exercising. In the next hour he becomes drowsy and develops left ptosis with limitation…

AMC · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 72-year-old woman has developed a new unilateral temporal headache over three weeks. She reports pain when chewing and two recent episodes in which vision in…

AMC · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 29-year-old woman presents with 10 days of progressive daily headache and brief episodes of greying vision. She is six weeks postpartum and takes a combined o…

AMC · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 38-year-old woman with bipolar disorder started haloperidol 10 days ago for a manic episode. She now reports that she cannot sit still, repeatedly walks aroun…

Psychiatry and Mental Health · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 32-year-old woman at 10 weeks’ gestation presents with four days of almost no sleep, excessive spending and increasingly intrusive plans to start several busi…

Obstetrics and Gynaecology · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 9-year-old boy is brought to a regional Victorian hospital 45 minutes after a suspected snakebite to the calf while walking through long grass. A pressure imm…

Emergency and Toxicology · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 19-year-old man presents six hours after an acute ingestion of an unknown number of immediate-release paracetamol tablets in a suicide attempt. He is alert, w…

Emergency and Toxicology · Pre-internship · middle twist

A 24-year-old woman presents to the emergency department two hours after impulsively swallowing 32 tablets of 500 mg immediate-release paracetamol (16 g) follow…

Emergency and Toxicology · Pre-internship · middle twist

A 30-year-old Aboriginal man attends a regional clinic for an annual health assessment. He feels well, smokes ten cigarettes daily, drinks alcohol most weekends…

Cardiovascular · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 47-year-old Aboriginal man from a regional town has type 2 diabetes and hypertension, for which metformin, perindopril and rosuvastatin are prescribed. At rev…

General Practice and Population Health · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 79-year-old retired farmer was diagnosed with Alzheimer disease eight months ago. At that time you advised him and his family that he should stop driving, and…

Ethics and Professional Practice · Pre-internship · middle twist

A 15-year-old girl attends alone requesting the combined oral contraceptive pill. She has recently become sexually active with her 16-year-old boyfriend and the…

Ethics and Professional Practice · Pre-internship · middle twist

A mother brings her 16-week-old son for his first vaccinations. The family recently arrived from overseas and he has received no vaccines apart from a hepatitis…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 27-year-old woman attends for a travel health consultation. She has never had cervical screening despite two invitation letters from the National Cancer Scree…

Obstetrics and Gynaecology · Clinical rotations · middle twist