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John is a 24-year-old male who works as a personal trainer at a local gym.

Tyler is a 22 year old university student who presents to you late one afternoon. He is new to the practice. He starts the consultation off by saying ‘It’s a bit embarrassing, doctor’, and awkwardly proceeds to describe penile discharge and painful urination for the past couple of days.

It is 3PM on a Thursday afternoon and your next patient is Dimitri, a 54 year old groundsman. Dimitri is attending for review after a recent lower leg DVT following a knee arthroscopy.

Your next patient is Belinda, a 54-year-old dressmaker and new patient to the practice. Belinda presents to you bearing a sheaf of printed material from the internet and asks for a request form for the MTHFR gene...

It is Monday morning, and you are reviewing the test results in the inbox of your colleague who has taken a week off work...

Sam was found unresponsive at a scene of a single motorcycle accident. No obvious signs of blood loss or fractures...

Mary is a 69-year-old retired teacher discharged two weeks ago from the local public hospital after repair of a fractured neck of femur...

Millie, a 32-year-old primary school teacher, presents to you with a five week history of diarrhoea...

Sally, a 41-year-old primary school teacher, presents to you with a six-week history of being “tired all the time”...