Paediatrics
342 free practice questions shared by students. Answer them right here — no account needed.
You are a general practice registrar in Perth. A 3-year-old boy attends with his mother for a routine pre-kindergarten review recorded in his personal health re…
Pre-internship · middle twist
A 6-year-old Aboriginal boy attends a Perth general practice with his mother for a certificate to return to school after chickenpox. He is well, fully immunised…
Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 6-year-old girl with spastic diplegic cerebral palsy attends a Perth outpatient clinic. She needs continuing physiotherapy and speech pathology to preserve fu…
Pre-internship · middle twist
A 4-year-old Aboriginal boy from a remote Kimberley community has bilateral chronic suppurative otitis media with a 35 dB conductive hearing loss and delayed sp…
Clinical rotations · middle twist
You are the intern on a Perth paediatric ward. A 6-year-old girl admitted with pneumonia tells you that a family friend does rude things to her when he babysits…
Pre-internship · middle twist
You are a resident in a Perth children's hospital and have had concerns about five children this week. Each concern is soundly based, you believe each on reason…
Pre-internship · niche
A 9-year-old girl is brought to a Perth emergency department by her mother at 9 pm. At triage she told the nurse that her mother's partner puts his hands inside…
Pre-internship · middle twist
A 6-year-old girl attends a general practice with her aunt for a rash. While her aunt is out of the room collecting a prescription, the girl says, without any p…
Clinical rotations · common
You are the intern caring for a 3-year-old boy admitted with bronchiolitis at a Perth hospital. On the second night his mother tells you that his father drinks…
Pre-internship · middle twist
A 3-year-old girl attends a rural general practice for the fourth time in six months, twice with minor bruises and twice with abdominal pain. Dry at night for a…
Clinical rotations · middle twist
At 2 am you are the intern who admits a 2-year-old girl with a spiral fracture of the humeral shaft and bruising over the upper arm and back, for which her pare…
Pre-internship · middle twist
A 4-year-old boy is brought to a Perth emergency department with a swollen, bruised left forearm. At triage his mother said he fell from a kitchen chair. When y…
Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 22-month-old boy is brought to the emergency department with scalds to both feet and lower legs. His mother says he climbed into the bath alone while she answ…
Pre-internship · niche
A 2-year-old girl is brought to the emergency department by her father after falling from a play structure onto grass. She is walking, playing and interactive,…
Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 3-year-old boy is brought to a regional emergency department 30 minutes after being carried out of a house fire. There is soot around his nostrils and on his…
Pre-internship · common
You are working in a busy regional emergency department on a winter evening. Five children are waiting and the nurse in charge asks which one should be brought…
Clinical rotations · common
You are discharging a 5-week-old boy after an admission with bronchiolitis. His mother smokes ten cigarettes a day outdoors. She tells you she is so exhausted t…
Pre-internship · middle twist
At a six-week check, the mother of a healthy term baby says he brings up milk after most feeds and seems more settled when he is not flat on his back. Her own m…
Clinical rotations · common
A 9-day-old term baby is brought to a rural emergency department pale, mottled and grunting after a day of poor feeding. He is afebrile. His heart rate is 190 a…
Pre-internship · niche
A previously well 2-year-old boy has passed two large, dark red stools today. He has had no abdominal pain, has not drawn up his legs, has not vomited and has h…
Clinical rotations · middle twist