Free SMLE Ethics & Preventive Medicine questions
3 questions, each with the answer, why every option is right or wrong, and a reference.
- Immunisation in Pregnancy
A 28-year-old woman at 14 weeks of gestation attends the clinic to update her immunisations. She is well, has no allergies, and her rubella IgG is negative. She plans to travel abroad and asks which vaccines she may safely receive during this pregnancy. Which of the following vaccines is contraindicated at this time?
- Informed Consent for Surgery
A 50-year-old woman with menorrhagia from a large uterine fibroid attends the clinic to complete the consent form for an elective abdominal hysterectomy. The surgeon explains the indication, the alternatives, the operative risks and the expected recovery, and the patient asks appropriate questions and agrees. Which of the following is the most important remaining step in the consent process?
- Intimate Partner Violence: Risk Prediction
A 27-year-old woman attends a primary care clinic with multiple bruises at different stages of healing on her arms and trunk. She says she fell down stairs, but the explanation does not match the pattern of injury. She has been married four years. Which of the following factors most strongly predicts intimate partner violence in a relationship?
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