United Kingdom & Ireland exam track
FRCS (Tr&Orth)
Joint Committee on Intercollegiate Examinations (JCIE) / ISB
- Topics mapped
- 824
- Subspecialties
- 10
- Assessment formats
- 6
- 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
Rehearse the Section 2 short and intermediate cases: region-by-region examination routines, provocative tests and what the examiner wants to see.
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Section 2 oral stations
Drill the four FRCS orals — Adult & Spine, Trauma, Children's & Hand, and Applied Basic Sciences — plus operative vivas, each as a structured examiner table, or sit a full timed Section 2 mock.
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Image interpretation practice
Timed radiograph, CT and MRI short-answer cases — sharpen the spot-diagnosis and image-description skills the written papers and orals lean on.
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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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Section 1 — Written (two SBA papers)
Two computer-based papers; each contains 120 single-best-answer questions and lasts 2 hours 15 minutes.
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Section 2 — Intermediate & Short Clinical Cases
Real patients; examination technique, diagnosis, management.
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Oral 1 — Adult Elective Orthopaedics & Spine
30-min structured oral, 6 questions.
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Oral 2 — Trauma
30-min structured oral, 6 questions.
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Oral 3 — Children's Orthopaedics & Hand/Upper Limb
30-min structured oral, 6 questions.
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Oral 4 — Applied Basic Sciences
30-min structured oral, 6 questions.
Subspecialty weighting
Full blueprintTrauma
22%
Adult Reconstruction / Arthroplasty
12%
Hand, Shoulder & Elbow
12%
Paediatrics
11%
Knee & Sports
10%
Spine
9%
Foot & Ankle
8%
Applied Basic Science
8%
Oncology / Pathology
5%
General / Imaging / Stats
3%
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FRCS (Tr&Orth) examination structure and blueprint
The FRCS (Tr&Orth) is administered by Joint Committee on Intercollegiate Examinations (JCIE) / ISB for candidates in United Kingdom & Ireland. It is assessed across 6 assessment formats and 10orthopaedic subspecialties. OrthoVellum maps 824 verified topics onto this blueprint.