The Questionable Dataset
You discover potential data manipulation in a high-stakes research project led by a senior researcher, forcing a choice between loyalty and scientific integrity.
The Dismissive Colleague
A medical student repeatedly dismisses your clinical observations in front of an anxious patient, creating a tense and unprofessional environment.
The Burnt-Out Confidant
A friend in your clinical program confides that their severe burnout is causing mistakes, and they make you promise not to tell anyone.
The Wellness Fund Choice
As part of a committee, you must allocate the last of a wellness fund to either a broad-impact initiative or a targeted, high-need intervention.
The Tense Volunteer Project
Leading a high-pressure volunteer event, you publicly criticize a well-meaning teammate, causing them to shut down and damaging team morale.
The Fading Mentorship Program
An important mentorship program you lead is failing due to low engagement, and you must decide whether to try and save it or let it go.
The Recurring Error
You are asked to train a new employee on a workflow you know is flawed and has caused repeated errors, but management has been resistant to change.
The "Culture Fit" Concern
As the most junior member of a hiring committee, you hear senior members use coded language that may reflect bias against a qualified candidate.
The Supervisor's "Favor"
A professor who holds significant power over your academic future asks you to do personal work for them, blurring professional boundaries.
The Failed Community Event
After a community event you organized fails publicly due to poor planning, you must address your frustrated volunteer team.
The Unreceptive Teammate
You must give critical but necessary feedback to a talented but defensive teammate who is impacting the group's work.
Return Counter Crossroads
A tense return request tests how you balance fairness, policy, and customer trust in a public setting.
Midnight Lab Standoff
Your research team clashes hours before a final lab submission is due.
Clinic Backlog Bridge
An anxious patient considers leaving after a long wait while clinic staff juggle unexpected delays.
Gratitude Within Guidelines
A well-intended thank-you gift collides with organisational policy and creates tension among colleagues.
Move-Day Misstep
You snapped at a partner during a stressful move and now need to repair the relationship.
Health Fair Rumour Response
A social media rumour about your health fair booth sparks fear and slows service.
Goal Sacrifice Reflection
You reconsider a tough choice you made to pursue a long-term personal goal.
Team Support Shift
A teammate experiencing a health setback falls behind on a group assignment days before the deadline.
Care Circle Coordination
Your family must quickly organise caregiving coverage after a parent is discharged from hospital.
Double-Booking Decision Point
A scheduling mistake puts two patients with urgent but different needs in the same time slot.
Pop-up Resilience Drill
A vaccination pop-up loses its electronic record system just as the line grows.
Water Support Desk
A resident seeks urgent help after a water main break contaminates their home supply.
Store Queue Misunderstanding
Limited stock and unclear signage spark tension in a checkout line you are supervising.
Lab Credit Allocation
Your lab partner wants first authorship after doing extra analysis the night before submission.
Clinic Shift Handoff
A rushed shift transition risks duplicating assessments for chronic-care patients.
Intern Confidential Email
An eager intern forwards a confidential client draft to friends for feedback.
Family Packing Night
Your household must rally to pack for a sudden relocation with limited time and energy.
Health Fair Translator Gap
Your health fair booth loses its interpreter just as a group of newcomers arrives.
Scholarship Sacrifice
You consider the personal cost of declining a stable job to pursue a scholarship opportunity.
Capstone Presentation Crunch
Your team discovers missing data hours before presenting a capstone project to faculty.
Caregiver Travel Delay
A sibling caring for your parent is delayed by a storm, leaving a coverage gap you must solve remotely.
Surgical Day Overflow
Pre-operative and post-operative patients overflow into a limited recovery space you oversee.
Vaccine Inventory Shortage
A mobile vaccination clinic is running low on doses while the line is still long.
Civic Briefing Broadcast
You must reassure residents during a televised update about ongoing infrastructure repairs.
Peer Evaluation Imbalance
A classmate asks you to inflate their peer-review score despite uneven participation.
Grant Rejection Bounce-Back
Your student organisation loses a key grant and morale drops days before a major event.
Feedback Reflection Circle
You receive candid peer feedback that your facilitation style feels rushed and transactional.
Volunteer Drive Slump
Recruitment drops for a campus volunteer initiative that depends on consistent engagement.
Reflection Lab Debrief
A professor invites you to reflect on a lab incident where your impatience disrupted team learning.
Community Outreach Apology
You must record a rapid-response apology for a community event that went poorly.
Clinical Handoff Reflection
After a rushed patient handoff, you must speak to teammates about what you learned.
Resilience After Setback
You must verbally process a personal setback and describe how you will move forward.
Ethical Sponsorship Decision
A potential sponsor with conflicting interests wants to support your student-led clinic.
Equity Audit Spotlight
You share verbal reflections after discovering inequitable wait times in your clinic.
The Found Exam Paper
You find a completed take-home exam in a library printer, creating a complex ethical dilemma about fairness, privacy, and academic integrity.
The Unintended Exclusion
Your well-intentioned team-building activity inadvertently excludes a team member, forcing you to confront your own unconscious biases and repair the situation.
The Ambiguous Email
A vaguely worded, critical email from a supervisor causes widespread anxiety on your team, requiring you to manage the situation proactively.
The "Inspired" Proposal
A friend uses your old successful project as "inspiration" for their own, but the result is uncomfortably close to plagiarism.
The Language Barrier
In a fast-paced tutorial, a non-native English speaker struggles to ask a question, and both the TA and other students are becoming visibly impatient.
The Canceled Initiative
After months of work, a community project you are leading is abruptly canceled by your external partner, leaving your volunteer team devastated.
The Unflattering Peer Review
After a group project receives a disappointing grade, you receive anonymous peer feedback accusing you of being "controlling" and "dismissive."
The Scapegoated New Hire
You witness your manager unfairly blame a new, intimidated employee for a mistake the manager actually made.
The Perishable Donation
A large donation of produce arrives at the food bank just before closing, but some of it is spoiled, creating a time-sensitive ethical dilemma.
The Public Challenge
During a Q&A session after your presentation, an audience member aggressively challenges your conclusions in front of your peers and supervisors.
The Inappropriate Fundraiser
A well-meaning but misguided student on your team launches a fundraising campaign that is insensitive and reflects poorly on your organization.