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823 free practice questions at the clinical rotations stage 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 7-year-old girl's teacher reports that her schoolwork has fallen away this year and that she "drifts off". Her mother says that twenty or thirty times a day s…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · middle twist

An 8-year-old boy is brought in by his mother, who describes fourteen months of daily arguing with adults, deliberate refusal to follow instructions, blaming hi…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 7-week-old girl is brought in because she cries inconsolably for four to five hours each evening, drawing her legs up, and has done so since three weeks of ag…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A term 9-month-old boy is brought to the child health nurse. Over the past six weeks he has begun to cry when his grandmother, whom he sees weekly, picks him up…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · common

A 14-year-old boy is brought by his parents because he is the shortest in his class and has no signs of puberty. His height is on the 3rd centile and he has gro…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A term-born 10-month-old boy attends for his routine child health check. He sits unsupported, crawls, pulls to stand and transfers objects between his hands; he…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 9-year-old boy is brought by his mother, who has completed a standardised parent rating scale scoring highly for inattention and hyperactivity. She says he ca…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 3-year-old boy is assessed because he is behind his twin sister. He walked at 22 months and now runs stiffly but symmetrically; tone, power and deep tendon re…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 24-month-old boy attends for a developmental check. He runs, walks up stairs holding the rail and kicks a ball. He builds a tower of six blocks, turns the pag…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · common

A 6-year-old boy is seen for a routine check. His mother says he has always been "solidly built", like his father. He is 1.18 m tall and weighs 30 kg, giving a…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · common

A 5-month-old boy is brought by his mother, who has been told at the child health clinic that he is under the line and is frightened that something is being mis…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 4-month-old girl is referred because her head circumference has fallen from the 25th percentile at birth to below the 3rd percentile. She was born at 39 weeks…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · niche

A 7-year-old girl is brought because her school photograph shows her much shorter than her friends. At 4 years of age her height and weight were both on the 50t…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 14-year-old boy is brought by his mother because he is the shortest in his class and is being teased. His height has followed a line just below the 3rd percen…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 9-month-old boy is brought by his mother, who has been told at day care that his head looks big and who asks whether he needs a scan. His head circumference h…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 15-year-old boy attends for a sports participation certificate. He mentions that his parents give him a glass of wine with Sunday dinner so that he learns to…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · common

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 4-year-old boy attends for a preschool health check. His parents want to move him into the booster seat his 7-year-old sister has outgrown, because he says hi…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · niche

A midwife makes a home visit to a 2-week-old girl. She was born at term, is exclusively breastfed and has regained her birth weight. Her mother is exhausted and…

Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · common

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