Europe (UEMS / EFORT) exam track

EBOT / FEBOT (European Board)

European Board of Orthopaedics & Traumatology — UEMS Section of Orthopaedics & Traumatology, supported by EFORT.

Topics mapped
824

Reference library references tied to the track

Subspecialties
6

Blueprint domains represented

Assessment formats
6

Assessment formats in this track

High-yield
479

Priority A topics marked in the map

Official exam source
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Blueprint & coverage map

See every subspecialty, its study-map weighting, and the topics that cover it.

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High-yield evidence

The landmark trials the written boards and OITE expect you to know — what each showed and the exam take-home, by domain.

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Adaptive question bank

Practice questions weighted to the blueprint, surfacing your weakest areas first.

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EBOT Section 2 oral sessions

A dedicated hub for the five EBOT / FEBOT Section 2 orals — Upper Limb, Lower Limb, Spine, Paediatrics and Basic Sciences — each a structured examiner table built on clinical and imaging cases.

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Readiness score

A live pass-probability estimate from your retention and blueprint coverage.

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Clinical examination stations

Region-by-region examination routines, special tests and viva-ready exam technique for the clinical cases.

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Image interpretation practice

Timed image-based short-answer cases across radiograph, CT and MRI — build the spot-diagnosis skills the exam tests.

Assessment formats

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Section 1 — Written (Best-of-Five SBA)

100 single-best-answer (best-of-five) MCQs across Upper Limb, Lower Limb, Spine, Paediatrics and Basic Science. Online (Pearson VUE or proctored at home). Pass earns a standalone Certificate of Basic Knowledge.

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Oral 1 — Upper Limb (incl. Hand)

30-min structured oral on clinical and imaging cases.

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Oral 2 — Lower Limb

30-min structured oral on clinical and imaging cases.

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Oral 3 — Spine

30-min structured oral on clinical and imaging cases.

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Oral 4 — Paediatric Orthopaedics

30-min structured oral on clinical and imaging cases.

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Oral 5 — Basic Sciences

30-min structured oral on applied basic science and principles.

Subspecialty weighting

Full blueprint
Trauma
22%
Lower Limb
20%
Upper Limb & Hand
16%
Basic Science & General
16%
Paediatric Orthopaedics
14%
Spine
12%

EBOT / FEBOT (European Board) examination structure and blueprint

The EBOT / FEBOT (European Board) is administered by European Board of Orthopaedics & Traumatology — UEMS Section of Orthopaedics & Traumatology, supported by EFORT. for candidates in Europe (UEMS / EFORT). It is assessed across 6 assessment formats and 6orthopaedic subspecialties. OrthoVellum maps 824 verified topics onto this blueprint.