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MRCS Academy
Core surgical trainees
Applied anatomy, examination technique, trauma principles and imaging interpretation, with single best answer practice and viva style reasoning. The knee as the worked example for generic surgical science.
Depth 4 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.
- Applied anatomy and surgical approaches
- Cartilage biology, bone healing and graft biology
- Injury patterns and their pathology
- The structured examination under exam conditions
- Trauma principles around the knee
- Radiograph and MRI interpretation
- Communication and consent stations
- Single best answer practice at standard
Start here
Two ways in. Read the entry topic, or answer a few questions and let the result choose for you.
Start with
Applied anatomy of the knee
Attachments, relations and approaches, framed the way Part A asks about them.
Coming soonOr try
A timed SBA set
Thirty questions at MRCS standard, with reasoning rather than a bare answer key.
Coming soonTopics at this level
The full syllabus for this tier. Pages marked as coming soon are written and reviewed in syllabus order.
Applied anatomy
- Osteology and ligament attachments
- Menisci
- Neurovascular relations
- Surgical approaches to the knee
Basic science
- Cartilage biology
- Bone healing
- Graft biology and incorporation
- Inflammation and the response to injury
Clinical and trauma
- Structured knee examination
- Knee dislocation
- Tibial plateau fracture
- Extensor mechanism rupture
- Compartment syndrome
- Septic arthritis
Conditions and practice
- ACL injury
- Meniscal tears
- Osteoarthritis
- Imaging interpretation sets
- MRCS revision course
Note. KneeSchool covers the knee component of MRCS preparation. It is mapped to the examinable domains and is designed to sit alongside general resources.