Postgraduate
Orthopaedics
5BAsFOR THE
FRCS( Tr&Orth) EXAMINATION
ft Companionto the Postgraduate
Orthopaedics
Candidate
's Guide
EDITEDBV
Paid A. Banaszkiewkz
and Kiran K. Singisetti
CAMBRIDGE Medicine
,SBAs for the FRCS
(Tr&Orth) Examination
A Companion to the Postgraduate
Orthopaedics Candidate’s Guide
Second Edition
Written by highly experienced clinicians and examiners, this thoroughly
revised and expanded second edition is an essential text for orthopaedic
trainees preparing for FRCS (Tr&Orth) examination. Highly illustrated and
containing over 1,000 single best answer questions (SBAs), it is a highquality,
useful revision tool. Rather than promoting simple recall like most orthopaedic
MCQ texts, SBAs encourage higher order thinking and judgement which will
support more comprehensive revision and understanding for trainees.
This edition builds on key features from the first, containing new and
updated exam questions that cover the spectrum of the orthopaedic syllabus.
This includes difficult subject areas such as biomechanics, prosthetics/
orthotics, anatomy and statistics. The text also contains two new chapters
covering the impact of ethics and diseases on orthopaedic surgery. Crucially,
this edition is tailored to post-pandemic examination and deals with the more
difficult esoteric ambiguous types of SBA questions that often appear in the
real test.
SBAs for the FRCS
(Tr&Orth) Examination
A Companion to the Postgraduate
Orthopaedics
Candidate’s Guide
, Second Edition
Edited by
Paul A. Banaszkiewicz
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Gateshead NHS Foundation Trust
Visiting Professor, Northumbria University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Trustee Council Member, British Orthopaedic Association (BOA)
Editor, Journal of Trauma and Orthopaedics
Chair, Education and Careers Committee, BOA
Kiran Singisetti
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Gateshead Health NHS Foundation
Trust
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