Clinical case question generator built for exam-style vignettes
Patient vignettes that test your reasoning on your own lecture.
A clinical case question generator wraps a teaching point from your lecture in a short patient vignette and asks for the single best answer. Recall Engine takes the tested fact, the answer, and the explanation from your pages and links each question to its source page. The patient details only frame the question. The source page is the evidence.
See what gets generated
Single best answer · Question 1
p. 3History. A 7-year-old girl has had a fever for two days and now refuses to bear weight on her right leg.
Examination. Temperature 38.9 °C. The right knee is swollen and warm, and she resists any movement of it. The skin over the shin and thigh looks normal.
Investigation. Aspiration of the knee returns cloudy synovial fluid.
Which is the most likely diagnosis?
- A. Cellulitis
- B. Osteomyelitis
- C. Septic arthritis
- D. Juvenile idiopathic arthritis
- E. Transient synovitis
Show the answer
C. Septic arthritis
Painful joint movement is the local clue for the joint space, and aspiration samples that compartment. The patient is fictional: the tested facts come from the reference tables, and a generated scenario is not source evidence.
Built from the “Name the infected compartment” and “What each investigation contributes” tables on page 3 of a public sample reference sheet. This is a teaching example rather than clinical advice.
Practise without uploading
The prepared question bank runs from the preclinical sciences to the clinical specialties. Every question explains every option.
How it works
Upload your lecture
Add a lecture PDF up to 100 MB or paste your text.
Select your pages
Choose the pages to build cases from or run the whole lecture.
Practise and verify
Get clinical vignette stems with the best answer and an explanation, each linked to a source page you can check.
Why students use it
- Exam-style clinical vignettes built from your own lecture instead of a generic bank
- Each case is a single-best-answer question with an answer and an explanation
- Every vignette traces back to a source page so you can verify it
- Free to start with 50 credits on signup and no card required
Frequently asked questions
Another question?
support@recallengine.appWhat is a clinical case question generator?
It turns study material into case-based, exam-style questions. Each item opens with a short clinical vignette, asks for the single best answer, and then explains it. Recall Engine builds these clinical case questions from your own lecture PDFs and links each one to the source page it came from. These are practice items for study rather than clinical advice. Verify every answer against your lecture.
Can I generate clinical case questions from a PDF?
Yes. Upload a lecture PDF, select the pages, and Recall Engine writes case-based vignettes with answers and explanations. Both text-based and scanned PDFs are supported and you can also paste text or use a PowerPoint.
How is this different from a plain SBA generator?
Both produce single-best-answer questions but this tool frames each stem as a clinical case you have to reason through. That is closer to how real exams test you. If you want shorter, more direct stems instead, the SBA question generator covers that. See what is an SBA question for the format.
Is it free?
You start with 50 free credits on signup and no card required. Credits are only charged after a generation succeeds so a failed run never costs you anything.
Can I practise clinical cases without uploading a lecture?
Yes. The prepared question bank has vignette-led SBAs for all five years of medical school. Every question explains every option.
Can I use these clinical case questions to prepare for USMLE, PLAB, or my university finals?
Vignette-based single best answer questions are the format these exams lean on. That makes them good practice for the style. Recall Engine builds the cases from your own lecture rather than a fixed exam blueprint. Confirm anything exam-critical against your lecture or a trusted reference.
Are the clinical vignettes accurate or do they make up patient details?
Surface details such as age and presentation are written to frame the question. The teaching point, the answer, and the explanation come from your lecture and link to their source page. Check that page rather than trusting any single generated detail.
How many clinical case questions can I generate and can I control how many per lecture?
You choose the pages and the number of questions. A single high-yield topic or a whole lecture both work. Credits are charged only after a run succeeds.
Try it on your next lecture.
50 free credits for your own lectures.