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    3/27/2013

    Preparing for the


    FRCS Tr+Orth Exam

    Alex Trompeter

    The problem… Structure


    • Enormous Syllabus
    • Written (MCQ, EMQ)
    • Day job / Time • VIVA
    • Clinical
    • Expectation
    • Use Intercollegiate website
    • Family

    Planning and preparation

    • Try and be placed in a ‘quiet’ job

    • 1 year before VIVA


    TEXTBOOKS…
    – Pay for exam
    – Buy books, stationary etc
    – Organise courses
    – Mentally prepare yourself and family

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    No No

    The Essential 3 The Essential 3

    The Essential 3 Useful Extras

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    Useful Extras On the shelf already

    If you fancy it Clinical Examination Books

    Courses Evidence / Papers


    • RCS Viva
    • Stanmore – Basic Science, Paeds
    • Sheffield/Chesterfield Clinical
    • Chertsey Basic Science
    • Miller
    • Wrightington – Hand, Basic Science, LL
    • King’s – Paeds, Clinical

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    Evidence / Papers Other Resources


    • Word of mouth
    Issue date: January 2010

    Venous thromboembolism:
    reducing the risk

    • “Hand me downs”
    Reducing the risk of venous
    thromboembolism (deep vein thrombosis
    and pulmonary embolism) in patients
    admitted to hospital

    This guideline updates NICE clinical


    guideline 46 and replaces it

    NICE clinical guideline 92


    Developed by the National Collaborating Centre for Acute and Chronic Conditions

    British Orthopaedic Association


    PATRON: H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES

    • Previous Questions

    PRIMARY TOTAL HIP REPLACEMENT:


    A GUIDE TO GOOD PRACTICE
    • Internet
    First published by the British Orthopaedic Association, 1999; revised August 2006

    Group work ‘Written Exam’


    • Beware
    • 6 months reading
    • Consultants / Senior Trainees very useful – Miller, Hoppenfeld, Stanmore
    – Practice Questions (orthobullets, orthoteers,
    ortho hyperguide, black book)
    • Be pushed and challenged
    – OKU, Apley

    • Use the trauma meeting • Primarily about learning ‘facts’

    ‘Written Exam’ VIVA / Clinical


    • Driving Test Center • ‘Being a consultant’
    – Quiet corner
    • Start practicing technique 1 year ahead
    – Time yourself in clinic
    • No Negative Marking
    – Examine in front of the boss
    – SBA
    – Trauma meetings
    – EMQ

    • Book / Attend courses early


    • Paper analysis
    • Plan your exam days early

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    VIVA/Clinical Scoring
    • NICE/BOA guidances etc • Scores range from 4 (fail) to 8 (outstanding)
    • BASIC principles
    • Cover all knowledge books again
    • 8 = evidence base, push examiner
    – Banaskiewicz, Oxford, Trompeter

    • Technique is key • 96 Scores Overall

    • Consultants/Seniors – useful • Average 6 to pass - 576/768

    • Predictable?

    Scoring Exam days


    • VIVA
    – 4 stations (Paeds/Hands,Trauma, BS, Path) • Smart
    – 3 topics per consultant – 6 topics per station
    – 12 scores per station, 48 scores in total (1/2) • Get there early

    • Ignore others
    • CLINICAL
    – 2 short case stations (U/L, L/L) • Don’t worry about ‘Funky’ stuff
    – 3 cases in each, 24 Scores in total
    – 2 ‘long cases’ (U/L, L/L) – 24 scores total • Move on and stay focused
    – 48 scores in total(1/2)

    Questions? VIVA Examples

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    VIVA 1 VIVA 2

    VIVA 3 VIVA 4

    VIVA 5 VIVA 6

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