AMC CAT MCQ case studies
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The AMC CAT MCQ Examination is the computer adaptive multiple choice question stage of the Australian Medical Council's Standard Pathway, the route by which international medical graduates seek assessment towards registration to practise medicine in Australia. Candidates are international medical graduates who have had their medical school, degree and graduation year checked as eligible and who hold an AMC account and portfolio. The AMC CAT MCQ case studies are 5 cases and about 2,237 words.
1Chest pain in a rural ED with no catheter lab
A 58-year-old man presents to a rural emergency department 90 minutes after the onset of central crushing chest pain radiating to the left arm, with sweating and nausea. He has a 20-pack-year smoking history and type 2 diabetes.
485 words, about 2 min2Right iliac fossa pain in a pregnant woman
A 26-year-old woman at 24 weeks' gestation presents with 18 hours of periumbilical pain that has migrated to the right lower abdomen, anorexia and one episode of vomiting. Temperature is 37.9°C, pulse 104/min, blood pressure 112/70 mmHg.
439 words, about 2 min3Headache and hypertension at 34 weeks
A 34-year-old woman, gravida 2 para 1, at 34 weeks' gestation attends triage with a severe frontal headache and visual blurring for 12 hours. Blood pressure is 168/112 mmHg on two readings 15 minutes apart.
433 words, about 2 min4A febrile infant with a bulging fontanelle
A 7-week-old boy is brought to the emergency department with fever of 38.6°C, poor feeding for 24 hours and increased sleepiness. He was born at term with an uncomplicated delivery and has no known immunodeficiency.
431 words, about 2 min5A toddler with a limp and fever
A 2-year-old girl is brought in with refusal to weight-bear on the right leg for two days, low-grade fever of 37.8°C and irritability. She has no history of trauma and no recent illness.
449 words, about 2 min