Australia & New Zealand exam track
FRACS (Orthopaedic Surgery)
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) & Australian Orthopaedic Association (AOA)
- Topics mapped
- 824
- Subspecialties
- 10
- Assessment formats
- 7
- High-yield
- 478
Reference library references tied to the track
Blueprint domains represented
Assessment formats in this track
Priority A topics marked in the map
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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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OrthoMentor — live AI viva
Be examined out loud by an AI examiner grounded in verified content, marked to the exam rubric.
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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.
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Written essay practice
Long-answer fellowship essays with structured model answers, marking schemes, key references and examiner pitfalls — see exactly how a top-scoring response is built.
Assessment formats
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Written Paper 1 — MCQ
75 X-type true/false MCQs, 130 min, no negative marking.
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Written Paper 2 — Essays, GSC & ISAWEs
2 essays + 2 generic surgical competency SAQs + 10 illustrated short-answer (ISAWE), 150 min.
3
CIM Viva (Clinical & Investigative Method)
30-min viva on assessment/investigation/management.
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Operative Surgery Viva A
30-min operative surgery viva.
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Operative Surgery Viva B
30-min operative surgery viva.
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Clinical Station A (CC1 — computer cases)
4 standardised computer-based scenarios, 35 min.
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Clinical Station B (CC2 — live patients)
3 live-patient cases, 35 min.
Subspecialty weighting
Full blueprintTrauma
28%
Basic Sciences
18%
Arthroplasty / Adult Recon
12%
Anatomy / Approaches / Imaging
10%
Knee & Sports
8%
Hand & Upper Limb
8%
Paediatrics
8%
Spine
6%
Foot & Ankle
5%
Oncology / Pathology
4%
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FRACS (Orthopaedic Surgery) examination structure and blueprint
The FRACS (Orthopaedic Surgery) is administered by Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) & Australian Orthopaedic Association (AOA) for candidates in Australia & New Zealand. It is assessed across 7 assessment formats and 10orthopaedic subspecialties. OrthoVellum maps 824 verified topics onto this blueprint.