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FRCS (Tr and Orth) Academy
Higher surgical trainees
Surgical decision making, evidence appraisal, classifications and complications, with structured answers to the questions examiners actually ask. Set at the standard of a day one consultant.
Depth 5 of 7 in the spiral
What you will cover
Each topic returns at the tier above this one, with more detail rather than a repeat.
- Advanced anatomy and biomechanics
- Elective and trauma knee pathology
- The evidence base and how to appraise it
- Classifications that carry weight in a viva
- Complications and how to disclose them
- Critical conditions around the knee
- Index procedures and their indications
- Guideline fluency
Start here
Two ways in. Read the entry topic, or answer a few questions and let the result choose for you.
Start with
Decision making in ACL injury
Indication, timing, graft choice and the failure modes, structured as a viva answer.
Open itOr try
A Section 2 short case
A staged case with images, prompts and a model answer at consultant standard.
Coming soonTopics at this level
The full syllabus for this tier. Pages marked as coming soon are written and reviewed in syllabus order.
Elective knee
- Ligament reconstruction
- Meniscal preservation and transplant
- Cartilage restoration
- Osteotomy around the knee
- Patellofemoral surgery
- Knee arthroplasty
Trauma and critical conditions
- Knee dislocation with vascular injury
- Septic arthritis
- Compartment syndrome
- Open fractures around the knee
- Periprosthetic fracture
Evidence and appraisal
- Landmark knee papers
- Reading a trial critically
- Statistics for the written paper
- Registry data and what it can show
Examination practice
- Section 1 single best answer banks
- Viva reasoning frameworks
- Short and long cases
- Consent and complication disclosure