Book contents
- Postgraduate Orthopaedics
- Postgraduate Orthopaedics
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Interactive website
- Section 1 The FRCS (Tr & Orth) Oral Examination
- Section 2 Adult Elective Orthopaedics and Spine
- Section 3 Trauma
- Section 4 Children’s Orthopaedics/Hand and Upper Limb
- Section 5 Applied Basic Sciences
- Chapter 19 Anatomy and surgical approaches
- Chapter 20 Structure and function of connective tissue
- Chapter 21 Design of implants and factors associated with implant failure (wear, loosening)
- Chapter 22 Orthotics and prosthetics
- Chapter 23 Pain, analgesia and anaesthesia
- Chapter 24 Musculoskeletal oncology
- Chapter 25 Tribology and biomaterials
- Chapter 26 Biomechanics
- Chapter 27 Genetics and cell biology
- Chapter 28 Diagnostics
- Chapter 29 Clinical environment
- Chapter 30 Statistics and evidence-based practice
- Section 6 Drawings for the FRCS (Tr & Orth)
- Index
- References
Chapter 19 - Anatomy and surgical approaches
from Section 5 - Applied Basic Sciences
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 November 2019
- Postgraduate Orthopaedics
- Postgraduate Orthopaedics
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Interactive website
- Section 1 The FRCS (Tr & Orth) Oral Examination
- Section 2 Adult Elective Orthopaedics and Spine
- Section 3 Trauma
- Section 4 Children’s Orthopaedics/Hand and Upper Limb
- Section 5 Applied Basic Sciences
- Chapter 19 Anatomy and surgical approaches
- Chapter 20 Structure and function of connective tissue
- Chapter 21 Design of implants and factors associated with implant failure (wear, loosening)
- Chapter 22 Orthotics and prosthetics
- Chapter 23 Pain, analgesia and anaesthesia
- Chapter 24 Musculoskeletal oncology
- Chapter 25 Tribology and biomaterials
- Chapter 26 Biomechanics
- Chapter 27 Genetics and cell biology
- Chapter 28 Diagnostics
- Chapter 29 Clinical environment
- Chapter 30 Statistics and evidence-based practice
- Section 6 Drawings for the FRCS (Tr & Orth)
- Index
- References
Summary
It is important to spend time learning surgical approaches and anatomy. At least two questions in the exam will be drawn from these areas in either the trauma and/or basic science vivas. Anatomy is fairly straightforward for the FRCS(Tr & Orth), either it’s learnt and known well for the exam, allowing candidates to score easy marks, or it hasn’t been learnt and the viva quickly unfolds, losing scoring opportunities for the candidate. The skill is anticipating which questions are more likely to appear in the exam than others and adjusting your revision time accordingly to take this into account.
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- Postgraduate OrthopaedicsViva Guide for the FRCS (Tr & Orth) Examination, pp. 429 - 451Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019