'I would recommend this book to anyone wanting to pass the FRCS (Tr & Orth) exam. The book is easy to read and uses different methods to explain scenarios/conditions (e.g. standard text regarding a condition; candidate and examiner Q & A sessions with previous questions and topics that could be expected in the exam). The illustrations and the radiographs are of good quality and are relevant. This book is an excellent book and essential for the FRCS (Tr & Orth) exam.' British Medical Association Programme and Award Winners 2017
Part I. The FRCS (Tr & Orth) Examination: 1. General guidance Niall Breen, Benjamin W. T. Gooding and Jonathan R. A. Phillips; 2. What to read Jonathan R. A. Phillips and Benjamin W. T. Gooding; Part II. The Written Paper: 3. MCQ and EMI paper guidance Mark Dunbar and Andrew P. Sprowson; Part III. The Clinicals: 4. Introduction to clinical examination techniques Karen Robinson and Fazal Ali; 5. The short cases Andrew P. Sprowson and Mark Dunbar; 6. The intermediate cases Neil E. Jarvis, Puneet Monga and Stan Jones; 7. Shoulder clinical cases Yusuf Michla and David Cloke; 8. Elbow clinical cases Ramnadh S. Pulavarti, Mohan K. Pullagura and Charalambos P. Charalambous; 9. Hand and wrist clinical cases John E. D. Wright and John W. K. Harrison; 10. Spine clinical cases Prasad Karpe; 11. Hip clinical cases Suresh Thomas and Paul A. Banaszkiewicz; 12. Knee clinical cases Deiary F. Kader and Francois Tudor; 13. Foot and ankle clinical cases Rajesh Kakwani; 14. Paediatric clinical cases Sattar Alshryda and Philip Henman; Part IV. The General Orthopaedics and Pathology Oral: 15. General viva guidance Abhijit Bhosale and Stan Jones; 16. Hip oral core topics Sammy Hanna and Paul A. Banaszkiewicz; 17. Knee oral core topics Khaled M. Sarraf and Deiary F. Kader; 18. Foot and ankle oral core topics Kailash Devalia and Jane Madeley; 19. Spine oral core topics Joseph Butler and Alexander D. L. Baker; 20. Tumour oral core topics Thomas Beckingsale and Craig H. Gerrand; Part V. The Hand and Upper Limb Oral: 21. Hand oral core topics John W. K. Harrison and David R. Dickson; 22. Elbow oral core topics Asir Aster and Matthew Jones; 23. Shoulder oral core topics Matthew Jones and Asir Aster; 24. Brachial Plexus core topics Chye Yew Ng and David R. Dickson; Part VI. The Paediatric Oral: 25. Paediatric oral core topics Kathryn Williams and Antoine de Gheldere; Part VII. The Trauma Oral: 26. General principles, spine and pelvis William Eardley and Paul Fearon; 27. Upper limb trauma oral core topics Nirav K. Patel and Charalambos P. Charalambous; 28. Lower limb trauma oral topics Jonathan R. A. Phillips and Gunasekaran Kumar; 29. Applied trauma oral topics William Eardley, Paul Fearon and Jonathan R. A. Phillips; Part VIII. The Basic Science Oral: 30. Basic science oral topics Kevin P. Sherman; 31. Applied basic science oral topics Paul A. Banaszkiewicz and Stan Jones; Part IX. Miscellaneous Topics: 32. Surgical exposures oral core topics Jonathan Loughead and Anish Kadakia; 33. Anatomy for the FRCS (Tr & Orth) Apurv Sinha and Fazal Ali; 34. SAS doctors and the FRCS (Tr & Orth) exam Ramnadh S. Pulavarti and Kevin P. Sherman; 35. Candidates' accounts of the examination Jibu J. Joseph and Shariff Hazarika; 36. Examination failure Andrew Port and Mike Reed.