Medical Role Play Questions
Role Play: for you and a friend to practice together
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1) Scenario: You are on your work experience in a GP practice. Chat with one of the receptionists while you are on your break.
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2) Scenario: You are playing in the garden and you hear a loud crash. You realise you have accidentally hit, and squashed some of your neighbour's prized roses. Speak to your neighbour about the situation
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3) Scenario: You are in your second year of medical school. You know your friend has been struggling recently. Have a conversation with your friend about how they are doing.
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4) Scenario: You are on placement in a GP practice. The GP has just left the room and the patient mentions to you that they have been taking some recreational drugs (cocaine) and that they are afraid to tell the doctor.
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5) Scenario: You are working on a group project for your medical school. You have all been allocated a role in the team and you are the team leader. You feel that Sara has not been putting enough effort into her work and you have had to redo several of her pieces of work. Have a conversation with her about your concerns.
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6) Scenario: You are working on a group project for your medical school. You have all been allocated a role in the team and you are the team leader. Mark has told you he is struggling to keep up with all the tests you have coming up but you have seen on social media he has been clubbing every night this week. Have a conversation with him about your concerns.
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7) Scenario: You are a medical student on placement in a paediatric ward. You have been trained how to take blood from an adult but never from a child. A nurse comes up to you and asks you to take blood from 7-year-old Mary because he is struggling.
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8) Scenario: You are a medical student placed in GP. The GP has allowed you to speak to one of the parents of a child who is due for her vaccinations. The parents say that they are not willing to vaccinate their child because they are worried about the chance of their child developing autism. Speak to the parents about this situation.
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9) Scenario: You are working in a cafe which is very busy. It is time for your shift to finish and the manager comes over to ask you to stay for an extra two hours this evening. You know you have an important Chemistry test tomorrow and you had planned to revise for this test this evening.
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10) Scenario: You are working at a very fancy restaurant when a family comes up to you. They mention that it is their father/grandfather’s 70th birthday. You realise that you forgot to book in their table when they called and there are no more tables available for this evening.
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11) Scenario: You are a medical student on the respiratory ward and you are doing a ward round with the consultant. The consultant was very harsh on your friend Alfie, the other medical student on the ward with you as he didn't know the answer to a lot of questions that he was asked. Alfie is now very upset after the ward round, speak with him.
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12) Scenario: You are catching up with your friend who is a medical student over a coffee. When you ask them how they are doing they break down in tears and tell you that they have just been diagnosed with HIV. Comfort your friend and discuss their concerns.
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13) Scenario: You are speaking to a patient in the GP surgery. They mention that they have been having sexual relations with someone other than their wife. They are also concerned because they have developed some symptoms and have been recently diagnosed with Chlamydia. They are feeling conflicted about if they should tell their wife about the affair. Speak to the patient.
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14) Scenario: You are a medical student. You call your father who you know had a doctor's appointment today due to a recent seizure. He tells you he has just been diagnosed with epilepsy. You know that because of this diagnosis, he is not allowed to drive because of the guidelines from the DVLA. Discuss this with your father.
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15) Scenario: You have been working on a group project as a part of your medical school. You have created a group project where you have each contributed some work to create a research paper. You were working on this late at night. In the morning you wake up and realise somehow you have accidentally deleted the paper and you can’t get it back. It is the latest draft of the paper and although there is another saved version is it missing many hours of work. Speak to your team leader about the situation.
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