Paediatrics
198 free practice questions shared by students. Answer them right here — no account needed.
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Pre-internship · middle twist
A 16-year-old girl attends with three months of worsening acne. There are deep tender lumps on both cheeks and along the jaw, two of them discharging, and four…
Pre-internship · middle twist
A 13-year-old girl attends with her mother for a check before she starts high school sport. Her mother's cousin wore a spinal brace as a teenager, and she asks…
Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 16-year-old girl attends a Perth general practice for a repeat asthma prescription. She spent a term of Year 7 overseas and her immunisation record shows no d…
Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 7-year-old girl is brought to a general practice because over six months she has developed underarm odour and a few dark hairs in the pubic area. Her mother i…
Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 14-year-old girl attends a Perth general practice alone and asks for emergency contraception after a condom broke last night. She tells you she has been seein…
Pre-internship · middle twist
A 15-year-old boy who lives on a wheat farm 300 km from Perth is brought in by his mother after she found a note in his room. He tells you that for the past mon…
Pre-internship · middle twist
A 14-month-old boy is brought to a regional emergency department with a scald to his left forearm and hand. He had been sitting in the bath and turned the hot t…
Clinical rotations · middle twist