The clinical case you didn't prepare for: mine was a paediatric clubfoot

I'd spent months on adult reconstruction and trauma cases and walked into the FRCS clinical to find a toddler with residual clubfoot deformity as one of my stations. I knew the Ponseti principles but couldn't demonstrate the Pirani score confidently or articulate the surgical options for relapse. My advice: don't assume your weakest subspecialty won't appear. Even if paediatrics isn't your daily practice, you need one well-rehearsed paediatric case framework for the clinical exam.