CASPer practice

CASPer practice questions for Australian medical applicants.

Practice realistic everyday scenarios, build judgement under time pressure, and get signed-in feedback on empathy, reasoning, communication and reflection.

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Good CASPer practice should feel ordinary, not medical

Most CASPer stations are not asking you to diagnose a patient. They are testing how you respond to everyday tension: unfairness, pressure, privacy, honesty, conflict, loyalty, mistakes and uncomfortable conversations.

That is why Key2MD practice stations use realistic non-clinical scenarios. The goal is not to memorise model answers. It is to practise thinking like a humane, calm person when the clock is running.

Sample CASPer practice questions

Team conflictYou are in a group project and one member is doing very little work, but you later learn they have been caring for a sick parent. What do you do?
Fairness and pressureA friend asks you to share notes from a private paid course with students who could not afford it. How do you respond?
HonestyYou notice a colleague has exaggerated their role in a volunteer project on an application. They say everyone does it. What do you do?
Empathy and boundariesA close friend repeatedly cancels commitments because of stress, but the cancellations are affecting other people. How do you approach them?

What higher-scoring answers usually show

Specific empathy: they name what someone might actually be feeling in this situation, not just "I would empathise".
Balanced judgement: they can hold two truths at once, such as compassion for a friend and fairness to the group.
Practical communication: they explain how the conversation would happen, not only what principle applies.
Reflection: they notice uncertainty, limits and how their first instinct might be incomplete.

Practise with a coach that learns your mistakes

Working through sample questions helps most when something notices the mistake you keep repeating. The Key2MD practice tool includes an opt-in adaptive AI coach that reads across your own marked CASPer answers, works out the traps that keep coming back - landing on a decision before you weigh both sides, or skipping the people your choice affects - and reminds you of your one recurring trap right before your next station, then tells the marker to check it harder. It reads only your own answers and gets sharper the more you practise, so your prep keeps targeting exactly where you lose marks.

Practise with timed stations and feedback

The free practice tool includes CASPer stations, starred stations, revision queue, timed modes and account-only AI feedback calibrated for Australian medical entry.

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