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Use all 370 reviewed SBAs to identify weaker domains and build a device-private “due today” queue.
An independent preparation hub for Section 1 SBA practice and Section 2 clinical, communication and oral rehearsal. It is not official JCIE material.
Start free Section 1 practiceUse all 370 reviewed SBAs to identify weaker domains and build a device-private “due today” queue.
Attempt all 240 questions with two separate 135-minute timers and one combined report.
Attempt 120 questions in 2 hours 15 minutes with answers hidden until submission.
Attempt a second 120-question paper with full post-submission explanations.
A further 135-minute rehearsal with a separate score report. This is not an official third examination paper.
Challenge operative anatomy, molecular pathology, skull-base judgement and rescue thresholds with full distractor analysis.
119 released for practice stations plus an interactive timed rehearsal mode.
Six released for practice cases with original simulated audiograms, staged findings and worked examiner challenges.
Two reviewed report-based cases: complicated cholesteatoma and sinonasal tumour. Conceptual artwork, staged findings and decision-changing examiner challenges—not real CT/MRI scans.
Each advanced item explains the best answer, every distractor and a scenario-changing “what if?”.
A 42-year-old with a long-standing attic cholesteatoma develops disequilibrium when the ear is suctioned. CT shows erosion of the lateral semicircular canal, while hearing remains serviceable. There is no facial weakness or intracranial complication. What is the most appropriate management principle?
A 63-year-old with diabetes presents with severe otalgia, fever, a bulging tympanic membrane and a new complete lower-motor-neurone facial palsy. CT shows opacified mastoid air cells but no abscess. What is the best next management principle?
A 56-year-old has progressive left-sided hearing difficulty and tinnitus. Audiometry shows a 20 dB asymmetry at two adjacent frequencies; there is no facial weakness. Which investigation is most appropriate?
A 68-year-old with hypertension develops continuous vertigo, vomiting and inability to walk without support. Head-impulse testing is normal, direction-changing gaze-evoked nystagmus is present and there is skew deviation. What is the most appropriate action?
A 74-year-old taking apixaban has ongoing posterior epistaxis despite resuscitation, correction of reversible factors and correctly placed packing. They are now haemodynamically stable. What is the most appropriate definitive next step in a centre with expertise?
A neutropenic patient on chemotherapy develops rapidly progressive facial pain, ophthalmoplegia and a pale-to-black nasal turbinate. CT shows unilateral sinus opacification; there is no intracranial collection. What is the best next step?