# How to show dropdown options in another question if respondent selected a specific option in a screening question

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**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [21 January 2026 10:14 UTC](https://forum.surveyengine.com/t/how-to-show-dropdown-options-in-another-question-if-respondent-selected-a-specific-option-in-a-screening-question/367 "2026-01-21T10:14:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![healthgov.asmph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@healthgov.asmph](https://forum.surveyengine.com/u/healthgov.asmph)\
**Post date:** [21 January 2026 10:14 UTC](https://forum.surveyengine.com/t/how-to-show-dropdown-options-in-another-question-if-respondent-selected-a-specific-option-in-a-screening-question/367/1 "2026-01-21T10:14:35Z")

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Hi. I have a screening question on page 5 which only allows respondents from a certain medical specialization to be eligible to answer the survey (see below).

 ![Screenshot 2026-01-17 at 10.20.08 AM](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/uploads/surveyengine/original/1X/320e164a775ed05f6f687c37fe6ae61720d96e54.jpeg)

What I want to do is, for a single choice question on page 23, if they chose a particular specialization in the screening question on page 5, the training schools for that specialization should appear as dropdown options on the whereres question on page 23 (see below). How do I achieve this?

 ![Screenshot 2026-01-17 at 10.20.55 AM](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/uploads/surveyengine/original/1X/c8f55e8fb9dda2b13528803a9fcf3dffbed2fee3.png)

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**Author:** ![benno](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.surveyengine.com/benno/32/3_2.png) [@benno](https://forum.surveyengine.com/u/benno)\
**Post date:** [21 January 2026 10:18 UTC](https://forum.surveyengine.com/t/how-to-show-dropdown-options-in-another-question-if-respondent-selected-a-specific-option-in-a-screening-question/367/2 "2026-01-21T10:18:08Z")

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Very simple.  
Say the question is called ‘specialization’ and the relevent level is 3, family medecine.

Then on your training schools question simply add the display condition with the expression

`$specialization==3`

And this trick can be done anywhere instread of branches which can cause loops.  
Whenever the display condition is true - the element is displayed - this can apply to questions, text, scenarios - anything.  
Very useful and compact.

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**Author:** ![healthgov.asmph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@healthgov.asmph](https://forum.surveyengine.com/u/healthgov.asmph)\
**Post date:** [21 January 2026 10:23 UTC](https://forum.surveyengine.com/t/how-to-show-dropdown-options-in-another-question-if-respondent-selected-a-specific-option-in-a-screening-question/367/3 "2026-01-21T10:23:59Z")

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Thank you. This fixed it.