EM EdgeMed Medical school revision · Year 1 to Final MB
New · MBChB Clinical & Final MB

SAQ practice

Short-answer questions in exam format: a clinical scenario, 3–5 structured parts, 20 marks. Type your answers, get them marked point by point, then compare with the model answer.

1 · Answer under timeAbout 10–15 minutes per SAQ. Write in short, specific points.
2 · Instant markingYour answer is marked against a point-by-point scheme, with feedback on what you missed.
3 · Model answerSee the full scheme and a model answer for every part, then try again.
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Medicine
Hypertension in a middle-aged adult 5 parts · 20 marks Free Newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes 5 parts · 20 marks 🔒 Diabetic ketoacidosis 5 parts · 20 marks 🔒 Chronic heart failure 4 parts · 20 marks 🔒 Acute stroke 5 parts · 20 marks 🔒 Severe malaria in an adult 4 parts · 20 marks 🔒 Advanced HIV disease 5 parts · 20 marks 🔒 Pulmonary tuberculosis 5 parts · 20 marks 🔒 Chronic liver disease from hepatitis B 5 parts · 20 marks 🔒 Chronic kidney disease 4 parts · 20 marks 🔒 Sickle cell disease — painful crisis in an adult 5 parts · 20 marks 🔒 Community-acquired pneumonia 5 parts · 20 marks 🔒 Iron-deficiency anaemia 5 parts · 20 marks 🔒 Acute coronary syndrome 4 parts · 20 marks 🔒 Thyrotoxicosis 5 parts · 20 marks 🔒
Surgery
Acute appendicitis 5 parts · 20 marks Free Acute intestinal obstruction 5 parts · 20 marks 🔒 Typhoid ileal perforation 5 parts · 20 marks 🔒 Breast lump 4 parts · 20 marks 🔒 Head injury 5 parts · 20 marks 🔒 Major burns 5 parts · 20 marks 🔒 Open tibial fracture 5 parts · 20 marks 🔒 Acute urinary retention 5 parts · 20 marks 🔒 Thyroid swelling 4 parts · 20 marks 🔒 Sudden severe epigastric pain 4 parts · 20 marks 🔒 Primary survey in polytrauma 4 parts · 20 marks 🔒
Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Pre-eclampsia and eclampsia 4 parts · 20 marks Free Postpartum haemorrhage 4 parts · 20 marks 🔒 Pain and collapse in early pregnancy 4 parts · 20 marks 🔒 Antenatal care at booking 5 parts · 20 marks 🔒 Prolonged and obstructed labour 5 parts · 20 marks 🔒 Antepartum haemorrhage 5 parts · 20 marks 🔒 Cervical cancer and screening 5 parts · 20 marks 🔒 Postpartum contraception 4 parts · 20 marks 🔒 Puerperal sepsis 4 parts · 20 marks 🔒 Uterine fibroids 4 parts · 20 marks 🔒
Child Health
Severe acute malnutrition 5 parts · 20 marks Free Neonatal sepsis 5 parts · 20 marks 🔒 Neonatal jaundice 5 parts · 20 marks 🔒 Severe malaria in a child 5 parts · 20 marks 🔒 Acute diarrhoea with dehydration 5 parts · 20 marks 🔒 Pneumonia in a child 5 parts · 20 marks 🔒 Sickle cell disease in a child 4 parts · 20 marks 🔒 Bacterial meningitis in a child 4 parts · 20 marks 🔒 Newborn resuscitation 5 parts · 20 marks 🔒 Nephrotic syndrome in a child 4 parts · 20 marks 🔒
Community Health
Cholera outbreak 5 parts · 20 marks Free Immunisation programme 4 parts · 20 marks 🔒 Malaria prevention and control 5 parts · 20 marks 🔒 Screening test performance 5 parts · 20 marks 🔒 Primary health care and hypertension control 4 parts · 20 marks 🔒
Psychiatry
Low mood in a teacher 4 parts · 20 marks Free Acute psychosis 4 parts · 20 marks 🔒 Alcohol withdrawal and delirium tremens 4 parts · 20 marks 🔒 Bipolar disorder — manic episode 5 parts · 20 marks 🔒
Emergency Medicine
Collapse after an injection 4 parts · 20 marks Free Snakebite envenoming 4 parts · 20 marks 🔒 Organophosphate poisoning 4 parts · 20 marks 🔒 Adult cardiac arrest 5 parts · 20 marks 🔒 Acute severe asthma 4 parts · 20 marks 🔒