General Information
FRCS Tr & Ortho examination has a set format. It is made up of the written paper, although this is now electronic. Then a clinical examination and viva session. This website has been developed with the primary aim of helping you in the second part of the examination
Part 1 - Written exam
The exam is sat in an electoric format, usually in a driving theory test centre.
There are:
110 Single Best Answer (SBA) Questions
135 Extended Matching Item (EMI) Questions
- 45 blocks of 3 questions
Part 2 - Clinical Viva Exam
Clinical
Intermediate cases:
2 cases (15 mins).
- Upper limb/cervical spine
- Lower limb/lumbar spine/trauma
Require a concise history. You should then summarise your history, list your differentials, then the discussion will be based around these and management options.
Allow yourself 5 minutes for history, 5 minutes forexamination, 5 minutes for discussion
Short Cases:
Short case upper limb (15 mins)
- 3 cases (5 mins each)
Short cases lower limb (15mins)
- 3 cases (5 mins each)
Diagnose early, then discuss. You need time to discuss treatment options.
Oral
6 x 5min questions in each section
- Trauma (30 mins)
- Adult and pathology (30 mins)
- Paediatrics & hands (30 mins)
- Basic science (30 mins)
All questions come from a bank and generally start with an image (laminated photocopy or ipad) then lead on to a detailed discussion.
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We offer a comprehensive question bank with hundreds of questions relating to the FRCS Tr & Orth exam. The website has been designed with the plan to get you prepared for the exam.