High-yield GI case · 10 minutes · no card required

Practice a Step 3 GI CCS case:acute cholecystitis.

Manage a patient with severe right upper quadrant pain, fever, and vomiting after a fatty meal. Place timed orders, respond to evolving findings, and see what to improve after the case.

Focused workup

Practice choosing the right labs, cultures, and right-upper-quadrant imaging without wasting clock time.

Evolving patient

Orders change the patient state, reveal results, and move the case toward its clinical endpoint.

Actionable score

Review rubric-based scoring and an attending-style debrief after you finish.

What this case tests

  • Recognizing acute cholecystitis from the presentation
  • Ordering a focused sepsis and biliary workup
  • Starting appropriate empiric antibiotics
  • Consulting surgery for definitive management

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