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“Excellent course…”

“Excellent course. Excellent speakers, syllabus and course duration”

Course Delegate (December 2018)

“Thank you to OCORC…”

"Very intense day of viva’s but excellent preparation. Time for feedback was particularly important."

Course Delegate (January 2020)

“This was a great course…”

"Really enjoyed OCORC 2020, learned a lot and found it very useful!"

Course Delegate (January 2020)

“Wonderful review course…”

“Sincere gratitude to you and all the lecturers who have helped organize such a wonderful review course.”

Course Delegate (January 2018)

“Incredible week…”

"Oxford was a beautiful location for the course. I’ve never been here before and enjoyed it very much."

Course Delegate (January 2020)

“Exceptionally useful…”

“Excellent course! Over the past 4 days, I’ve learnt so much to help me pass the FRCS and also many additional facts which will be exceptionally useful as a day 1 consultant!”

Course Delegate (December 2018)

“Would thoroughly recommend…”

“This was an excellent course and far exceeded expectations. I would thoroughly recommend it to other candidates.”

Course Delegate (December 2018)

Welcome to the Official Oxford Comprehensive Orthopaedic Review Course

Give yourself the edge with unparalleled preparation for your upcoming FRCS Examination

Our next main course will be our ELEVENTH annual course and will be taking place between 5th-9th January 2021. This will include the renowned Oxford Comprehensive FRCS (Tr & Orth) Review Course and the Advanced Clinical Examination Preparatory Course. Due to COVID restrictions, this year, OCORC will be moved online and will therefore be entirely COVID-19 secure! Remember: 100% of our course delegates on OCORC 2020 would recommend to a colleague! Don’t miss out!

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COMPREHENSIVE & FOCUSED

The main course offers an intense and comprehensive review of Orthopaedics. The course is based on Miller’s Review of Orthopaedics (7th ed) and covers all essential and testable aspects of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery in the context of the FRCS (Tr & Orth).

OUTSTANDING FACULTY

Our faculty are all Fellowship trained and are chosen because they really can teach. Course participants grade the faculty every year and only the best lecturers are invited to return.

PASS OR FREE RETURN

We are so confident about the quality of our course, we offer delegates a FREE return place* if they are unsuccessful in their examination following attendance of our complete course!

About Us

Based on the highly successful Miller Review Course held in Denver, Colorado, Professional Medical Education hosted The Miller FRCS (Tr & Orth) Review Course in the UK for the first time ever in April 2011 – and it was a huge success! Now in its eleventh year, the course returns as the Oxford Comprehensive Orthopaedic Review Course 2021.

FOCUSED

The main course offers an intense and comprehensive review of Orthopaedics. The course covers all essential and testable aspects of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery in the context of the FRCS (Tr & Orth).

INTENSIVE

The Review Course runs for 4 days and will cover all topics required for the FRCS (Tr & Orth) examination. Expect to start early, finish late and gain valuable knowledge. Immediately following is the Advanced Clinical Examination Course and Viva for FRCS (Tr & Orth) Course, making the complete course last a staggering 6 days!

INTERNATIONAL

We are delighted to regularly welcome a wide variety of international course attendees, including large parties from Australia, Egypt, Finland, Hong Kong, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Kuwait, Malaysia, New Zealand, Portugal, Singapore, Spain and Switzerland.

VALUE

We are the only FRCS (Tr & Orth) course to offer delegates a FREE return place if they do not pass their FRCS examination after attending our complete course. We are also proud to offer BOTA members significant discounts on registration fees.

Our International Faculty

Ernest Fawzy

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon

Ramon Tahmassebi

Consultant Hand & Upper Limb Surgeon

Nev Davies

Consultant Orthopaedic Paediatric Surgeon

Fergal Monsell

Consultant Orthopaedic Paediatric Surgeon

Andy Wainwright

Consultant Orthopaedic Paediatric Surgeon

Ioannis Pengas

Consultant Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgeon

Pal Lakshmanan

Consultant Spinal Surgeon

Ben Ollivere

Associate Professor of Trauma Surgery (University of Nottingham)

Fazal Ali

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon

Thomas Ball

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon

Ben Kendrick

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon

Karen Partington

Consultant Musculoskeletal Radiologist

Philip Mathew

Consultant Hand & Wrist Surgeon

Munawar Shah

Consultant Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgeon

Mahbub Alam

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon

Andrew Tasker

Consultant Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgeon

Steve L Haddad

Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery (University of Chicago)

Duncan Whitwell

Consultant Orthopaedic Tumour Surgeon

Dan Armstrong

Consultant Hand & Wrist Surgeon

David Mather

Consultant Plastic Reconstructive Surgeon

D’jon Lopez

Senior Knee Fellow

Ali Ghoz

Consultant Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgeon

Arul Ramasamy

The Royal British Legion Centre for Blast Injury Studies

Colin Nnadi

Consultant Spinal Surgeon

Abtin Alvand

Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer in Orthopaedics

David Henderson-Slater

Consultant in Orthopaedic Rehabilitation

Sherief Elsayed

Consultant Spine Surgeon

Adrian Taylor

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon

Will Jackson

Consultant Knee & Arthroplasty Surgeon

John Grice

Consultant Foot & Ankle Surgeon

Amitava Dutta

Consultant Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgeon

Tom Cosker

OCORC Course Director, Director of Anatomy (University of Oxford) & Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon

Jonathan Phillips

Consultant Orthopaedic Knee Surgeon

Catherine McCarthy

Consultant Musculoskeletal Radiologist

Alex Ashmore

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon

Richie Gill

Professor of Healthcare Engineering (University of Bath)

Guido Geutjens

Consultant Knee & Arthroplasty Surgeon

Darshan Angadi

Consultant Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgeon

Amar Malhas

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon

Ashok Acharya

Consultant Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgeon

Philip Wilde

Consultant Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgeon

Oliver Stokes

Consultant Spinal Surgeon

Amr Elkhouly

Consultant Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgeon

Nikolaos Pyrovolou

Consultant Orthopaedic Spinal Surgeon

Nick Riley

Consultant Hand & Wrist Surgeon

Wasim Khan

Honorary Consultant Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgeon

Testimonials

Don’t just take our word for it – here’s what our delegates say:

Husam

Course Attendee, 2017

Thank you for organising a wonderful course that will definitely help us get better results in our upcoming exam!

Angelos

Course Attendee, 2018

I would like to offer my sincere gratitude to you and all other team members for organising such a great course over the past week. All of the lectures were great and the viva and clinical examination stations were excellent. I went to [another course] last year and I can tell you that your course is surely way better than [that] one. I will surely recommend this course to my friends.