COURSES AT A GLANCE

 

 

 

FRCSOrthExam Education: Important Papers in Orthopaedics

 

8.30 Registration/Coffee

8.50 Introduction

9.00 Trauma

10.00 Foot and Ankle

10.30 Coffee
11.00 Hands & Paeds
12.00 Shoulder & Elbow
12.30 Lunch
1.00 Spine
1.30 General Orthopaedics & Pathology
2.00 Hip & Knee
3.00 Coffee
3.15 Important guidelines

4.00 Quiz

4.15 Clinical tips
5.00 Close

 

 

 

 

FRCSOrthExam Education: One Day Clinicals

  

 

8.30 Registration/ Coffee

9.00 Introduction

9.10 History taking: Tips 

9.30 Clinical round I

10.50 Coffee

11.10 Clinical round II

12.30 Lunch

1.30 Mock clinicals  / Clinical Quiz

3.00 Coffee

3.15 Mock clinicals / Clinical Quiz

4.45 Faculty meeting for mock results

5.00 Feedback session

 

 

 

 

 

FRCSOrthExam Education: One Day Vivas

  

 

 

8.15 Registration/ Coffee / Introduction

8.30-10.10 Basic Sciences (rotating every 10 min)

A. Biomaterials

B. Biomechanics

C. Statistics

D. Microbiology/Genetics

E. Orthosis/Prosthesis/Gait

F. Biological tissues

G. Radiology

H. Osteology

I. Applied anatomy

J. Surgical approaches

10.10-10.20 Coffee

10.20-12.30 Adult Pathology (rotating in 10 min)

A. Hip

B. Knee

C. Foot & Ankle

D. Tumours

E. Spine

F. Brachial plexus, Peripheral nerves

G. Shoulder & Elbow

H. General Orthopaedics-Section I

I. General Orthopaedics-Section II

J. Non-operative treatment

12.30-01.00 Lunch

1.00-3.20 Mock Vivas Group A/Trauma Spotter Group B

3.30-4.50 Mock Vivas Group B/Trauma Spotter Group A

5.00 Feedback, Prizes (‘Turning Point’ topper and runner up)

 

 

 

FRCSOrthExam Education: Hands & Paeds

  

 

 

7.45 Registration & Coffee

8.00-8.15 Hand anatomy

8.15-8.30 Tenovaginosis

8.30-8.50 Entrapment neuropathy

8.50-9.10 Dupuytren’s contracture

9.10-9.20 Hand infections

9.20-9.35 OA hand & wrist

9.35-9.50 Rheumatoid hand & wrist

9.50-10.00 Nerve and tendon injuries/Principles of tendon transfers

10.00-10.10 Carpal instability and Scaphoid fractures

10.10 Coffee

10.20-1.00 Hand and Paeds Mock Viva

1.00-1.30 Lunch

1.30-1.45 Normal variants

1.45-2.00 DDH

2.00-2.30 Paeds trauma

2.30-2.45 CTEV

2.45-3.00 SUFE

3.00-3.15 Bone and joint infection /Inflammation /Tumours

3.15-3.30 LCPD

3.30-3.45 LLD

Uncommon Hands & Paeds

4.00-4.15 CP/Neuromuscular disorders

4.15-4.30 Hand tumours

4.30-4.45 Congenital hand anomaly

4.45-5.00 Skeletal dysplasia/Scoliosis

5.00 End of course

 

 

 

 

FRCSOrthExam Education: Part I Mock

 

PROGRAMME

 

8:30-9:00AM---Registration and Coffee

 

9:00-9-10AM---Introduction

 

9:10-11:10AM---Mock EMQ paper

 

11:10-11:30AM---Coffee

 

11:30-12:30PM---‘Difficult Orthopaedics:Part I’

 

12:30-01:00PM---Lunch

 

01:00-03:20PM---Mock MCQ paper

 

03:20-03:30PM---Coffee

 

03:30-04:30PM---‘Difficult Orthopaedics:Part II’

 

04:30PM---Prizes (‘Turning Point’ topper and runner up), End of Course