Placements
65 free practice questions at the clinical rotations stage shared by students. Answer them right here — no account needed.
An 81-year-old woman attends a Perth general practice for a diabetes review, accompanied by her son, who moved in with her this year and has driven her today. T…
Psychiatry · Clinical rotations · common
A 22-year-old apprentice electrician has recovered from a first episode of psychosis and is well on aripiprazole. He lives with his parents, has no debts, showe…
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A 34-year-old primary school teacher describes six months of constant worry, difficulty getting to sleep and irritability that is now affecting her teaching. Sh…
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A 29-year-old woman has had eight episodes over four months in which her heart pounds, she cannot get enough air, her hands tingle and she becomes certain she i…
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A 24-year-old woman started sertraline 50 mg daily eleven days ago for a moderate depressive episode, with no previous psychiatric history. She telephones to sa…
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A general practice registrar is deciding which antidepressant to start for a 40-year-old man with a first episode of major depression of moderate severity. She…
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A 26-year-old woman consults her general practitioner five weeks after her relationship ended. She feels flat most days, cries easily and takes an hour to fall…
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A 15-year-old boy is brought to a general practice by his mother, who says he has become withdrawn over four months. He has stopped playing football, his marks…
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A 31-year-old woman is seen two months after her small business failed. She is tearful, sleeps poorly and has withdrawn from friends, but continues to care for…
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A 47-year-old man is seen six weeks after being told his position will be made redundant at the end of the year. He is tearful in the consultation, sleeps poorl…
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An 82-year-old widow attends her general practitioner with her son, who lives in her house and answers most questions for her. Seen alone, she says he shouts at…
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A 78-year-old man with moderate Alzheimer disease is brought in by his wife, who is his only carer and is exhausted. For six weeks he has been getting up at 2 a…
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A 71-year-old woman is seen seven weeks after the death of her husband of 48 years. She cries most days and sleeps poorly, and has lost 3 kg. She is still cooki…
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A 14-year-old girl attends your general practice with her mother for the fourth time this year with abdominal pain. She has lost 4 kg, stopped playing netball,…
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A 15-year-old girl is brought to the general practice by her mother because her grades have fallen and she is tired all the time. The mother answers most of the…
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A 24-year-old woman with borderline personality disorder has cut her forearms after arguments about once a fortnight for two years, and has attended the emergen…
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A 38-year-old man on remand is referred to the prison health service for "anger management". He is charming and articulate. He was expelled from school at 13, h…
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A 63-year-old retired postal worker is referred with four months of "insomnia". He falls asleep within ten minutes but wakes at about 4 am and cannot get back t…
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An 8-year-old boy is brought by his parents because two or three nights a week, usually about an hour after falling asleep, he sits bolt upright and screams. He…
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A 16-year-old girl attends your general practice with her mother, who announces at the desk that her daughter needs to go on the pill for her periods. In the ro…
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