Medicine
486 free practice questions at the pre-internship stage shared by students. Answer them right here — no account needed.
A 12-year-old girl has moderate intellectual disability and speaks only in single words. Her family has just moved to Perth. A chromosomal microarray was sent t…
Psychiatry · Pre-internship · middle twist
A 16-year-old boy is brought to the emergency department by police after he held a kitchen knife towards his mother during an argument about his phone. He is no…
Psychiatry · Pre-internship · middle twist
A 16-year-old Aboriginal boy is brought to a regional clinic by his aunt six weeks after his grandmother died. He says he hears his grandmother calling his name…
Psychiatry · Pre-internship · niche
A 15-year-old girl attends a Perth general practice alone and asks for the contraceptive pill. She explains accurately how it works and why it must be taken dai…
Psychiatry · Pre-internship · middle twist
A 13-year-old boy has been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder by a paediatrician, who recommends immediate-release dexamphetamine alongside…
Psychiatry · Pre-internship · middle twist
During the part of a consultation conducted without his parents, a 16-year-old boy tells you he smokes cannabis with friends most weekends. He is attending scho…
Psychiatry · Pre-internship · middle twist
A 29-year-old woman with borderline personality disorder has been in dialectical behaviour therapy for four months. Her self-harm has fallen from weekly to once…
Psychiatry · Pre-internship · niche
A 28-year-old woman is admitted after an overdose. The team cannot decide between a recurrent depressive illness and a personality disorder. She gives a vague,…
Psychiatry · Pre-internship · middle twist
A first-year doctor on a community mental health placement has been seeing a 24-year-old woman with borderline personality disorder. Over six weeks he has given…
Psychiatry · Pre-internship · common
At 11 pm a 27-year-old woman with borderline personality disorder comes to the emergency department after her flatmate ended their friendship. She has three sup…
Psychiatry · Pre-internship · common
A 17-year-old boy is seen in the emergency department under police guard after seriously assaulting a stranger. Since primary school he has bullied other childr…
Psychiatry · Pre-internship · middle twist
A 41-year-old man with a long-standing diagnosis of borderline personality disorder is reviewed by his community team. Over the past five weeks he has woken at…
Psychiatry · Pre-internship · middle twist
You are the intern covering an orthopaedic ward at 11 pm on the third night after a 78-year-old woman's hip hemiarthroplasty. The nurse says she has not slept,…
Psychiatry · Pre-internship · middle twist
A 58-year-old man has slept poorly for three weeks since his brother died, and is now making errors at work. Sleep hygiene advice and relaxation training have n…
Psychiatry · Pre-internship · middle twist
A 17-year-old with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder has taken immediate-release methylphenidate 10 mg at 8 am and 10 mg at 1 pm for two years, sleeping…
Psychiatry · Pre-internship · middle twist
A 68-year-old retired plumber is brought by his wife, who says that for eight months, mostly in the hours before dawn, he shouts, kicks and swings his arms whil…
Psychiatry · Pre-internship · middle twist
A 14-year-old girl attends a Western Australian general practice on her own for what she calls a check-up. During the consultation she tells you she has been ha…
Psychiatry · Pre-internship · middle twist
A 16-year-old boy with anorexia nervosa weighing 39 kg was admitted three days ago and nasogastric feeding was commenced and increased daily. He has received th…
Psychiatry · Pre-internship · niche
A 15-year-old girl is brought to a regional emergency department by her mother after fainting at school. Over five months she has cut all fats from her diet and…
Psychiatry · Pre-internship · middle twist
A 26-year-old woman with a two-year eating disorder is admitted with cramps and profound weakness. She weighs 58 kg and has not lost weight. She denies vomiting…
Psychiatry · Pre-internship · niche