KneeSchool/About/Curriculum mapping
Mapped to the UK training pathway
For trainees and their supervisors
Each professional page carries a curriculum tag, so a trainee can filter by examination and stage and can cite what they have read in a training portfolio.
The mapping tables
Each professional page carries a curriculum tag, so a trainee can filter by examination and stage and can cite what they have read in a training portfolio.
These tables are a working framework. The ISCP trauma and orthopaedic curriculum and the JCIE examination regulations are the authoritative sources. Every mapping is checked against the current published version, including the critical conditions and index procedure appendices, before an alignment claim goes live.
KneeSchool covers the knee component of MRCS and FRCS preparation and is designed to sit alongside general resources. It is mapped to these curricula. It is not endorsed by any college, board or society.
The pathway at a glance
| Stage | Examination or framework | KneeSchool tier |
|---|---|---|
| School | GCSE and A level biology and PE | Junior Academy |
| Medical school | Medical Licensing Assessment and university finals | Student Academy |
| Core surgical training | MRCS Part A and Part B | MRCS Academy |
| Higher specialty training in trauma and orthopaedics | ISCP curriculum, FRCS (Tr and Orth) Section 1 and Section 2 | FRCS Academy |
| Post CCT fellowship | Subspecialty fellowship goals | Fellowship Academy |
| Consultant practice | Continuing professional development, appraisal and revalidation | Consultant Masterclass |
MRCS
| Examinable domain | How the knee expresses it | Where it lives on KneeSchool |
|---|---|---|
| Applied anatomy | Osteology, ligament attachments, menisci, neurovascular relations and surgical approaches | Anatomy Academy, MRCS layer |
| Physiology and basic science | Cartilage biology, bone healing, graft biology and inflammation | Fundamentals and anatomy, MRCS layer |
| Pathology | Osteoarthritis, septic arthritis, and meniscal and ligament injury patterns | Conditions library |
| Clinical examination | Structured knee examination, special tests and communication stations | Clinical examination and the video academy |
| Trauma principles | Knee dislocation, tibial plateau fracture, extensor mechanism rupture and compartment syndrome | Conditions and the Surgery Academy, principles layer |
| Imaging interpretation | Radiograph and MRI fundamentals of the knee | Imaging |
| Question practice | Single best answer banks and mock papers at MRCS standard | Question bank and the MRCS revision course |
FRCS (Tr and Orth)
| Curriculum element | Knee relevant requirement | Where it lives on KneeSchool |
|---|---|---|
| Specialty knowledge syllabus | Advanced anatomy, biomechanics, elective and trauma knee pathology, and the evidence base | Anatomy through to surgery, FRCS layer throughout |
| Critical conditions | Knee emergencies such as dislocation with vascular injury, septic arthritis, compartment syndrome and open fracture. The full list is checked against the current appendix | Conditions library and the Surgery Academy |
| Index procedures | Knee index procedures, chiefly total knee replacement and knee arthroscopy. Indicative numbers are checked against the current appendix | Surgery Academy procedure pages, each carrying a curriculum tag |
| Evidence and research | Critical appraisal, landmark trials and statistics | Research Academy and landmark papers |
| Section 1 written paper | High volume single best answer practice with explanations at FRCS standard | Question bank and the FRCS knee revision course |
| Section 2 clinical and viva | Short and long cases, viva reasoning frameworks and guideline fluency | Case library, viva academy and clinical examination |
| Professional capabilities | Consent, shared decision making, multidisciplinary working and disclosure of complications | Woven through the procedure and complication pages |