“Comprehensive & exam-focused”
The Oxford Comprehensive Orthopaedic Review Course (UK) is a four day orthopaedic review course, which is followed by the optional Advanced Clinical Examination & Viva Course.
All lecturers will be experienced Consultants or Fellows with the FRCS (Tr & Orth) examination who have been selected for their extensive teaching experience and good communication skills; the majority will be Fellowship trained specifically in the lectures that they are delivering.
We are pleased to announce that the next Oxford Review Course will be held in Pembroke College, Oxford for the lecture and seminar series (Tuesday 7th-Friday 10th January 2020, inclusive)
The Clinical Examination and Viva components of the course will be held in the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, a state-of-the-art orthopaedic hospital which is a short distance from the centre of Oxford (11th-12th January 2020 inclusive).
The programme for the January 2020 course will be released closer to the time. However, the timetable for the previous FRCS Review Course (December 2018) can be found below. You can expect the same calibre of faculty and range of topics covered at the next Review Course in January 2020.
OCORC 2020 is accredited by the Royal College of Surgeons of England for up to 24.0 CPD points.
Join us in January 2020!
Day 1 (Pembroke College)
| 07.45 | Welcome & Registration | Tom Cosker – Course Director |
| 08.00 | Spine (I) | Pal Lakshmanan – Consultant Spinal Surgeon |
| 10.00 | Coffee | |
| 10.30 | Spine (II) | Pal Lakshmanan – Consultant Spinal Surgeon |
| 12.00 | Soft Tissue: Knee | Guido Geutjens – Consultant Knee & Arthroplasty Surgeon |
| 13.00 | Lunch | |
| 14.00 | Knee Arthroplasty | Guido Geutjens – Consultant Knee & Arthroplasty Surgeon |
| 15.30 | Coffee | |
| 16.00 | Adult Hip (I) | Alex Ashmore – Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon |
| 17.30 | Adult Hip (II) | Alex Ashmore – Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon |
| 19.00 | Close |
Day 2 (Pembroke College)
| 07.30 | Spinal Deformity | Colin Nnadi – Consultant Spinal Surgeon |
| 08.30 | Foot & Ankle Trauma | Arul Ramasamy – Foot and Ankle Surgery Fellow |
| 10.00 | Coffee | |
| 11.00 | Complex Reconstruction | Jamie Ferguson – Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon |
| 12.00 | Anatomy: The Upper Limb | Tom Cosker – Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon |
| 13.00 | Lunch | |
| 14.00 | Orthopaedic Oncology (I) | Tom Cosker – Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon |
| 15.30 | Coffee | |
| 16.00 | Shoulder & Brachial Plexus | Andy Tasker – Consultant Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgeon |
| 17.30 | Orthopaedic Oncology (II) | Duncan Whitwell – Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon |
| 19.30 | Close |
Day 3 (Pembroke College)
| 07.30 | Hands (I) | Nick Riley / Ramon Tahmassebi – Consultant Hand & Wrist Surgeons |
| 09.30 | Coffee | |
| 10.00 | Hands (II) | Nick Riley / Ramon Tahmassebi – Consultant Hand & Wrist Surgeons |
| 11.00 | Break | |
| 11.30 | Radiology for the FRCS (Orth) | Karen Partington – Consultant Musculoskeletal Radiologist |
| 12.30 | Lunch | |
| 13.30 | Amputee Rehabilitation | David Henderson Slater – Consultant in Neurological Disability |
| 14.30 | Basic Science | Abtin Alvand – Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer in Trauma and Orthopaedics |
| 15.30 | Coffee | |
| 16.00 | Paediatric Orthopaedics (I) | Nev Davies – Senior Lower Limb Arthroplasty Fellow |
| 17.30 | Break | |
| 18.00 | Paediatric Orthopaedics (II) | Nev Davies – Senior Lower Limb Arthroplasty Fellow |
| 19.30 | Close |
Day 4 (Pembroke College)
| 08.00 | Trauma (I) | Professor Chris Moran – Professor of Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery |
| 09.30 | Coffee | |
| 10.00 | Trauma (II) | Ben Ollivere – Clinical Associate Professor of Trauma Surgery |
| 11.00 | Biomechanics | Richie Gill – Professor of Healthcare Engineering |
| 12.00 | Foot and Ankle (I) | Steve L. Haddad – Associate Professor of Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Chicago |
| 13.00 | Lunch | |
| 14.00 | Foot & Ankle (II) | Steve L. Haddad – Associate Professor of Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Chicago |
| 16.00 | Coffee | |
| 16.30 | Revision Hip Arthroplasty | Duncan Whitwell – Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon |
| 18.00 | Revision Knee Arthroplasty | Duncan Whitwell – Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon |
| 19.30 | Course Closure |
Day 5 (Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre)
The Advanced Clinical Examination Course starts at 0830 with a series of short lectures from our examiners, as to how they would perform an examination of each joint. Then at around 1200, delegates will be split into small groups and will rotate around a circuit of examination stations with a patient to demonstrate on.
Stations include:
- Shoulder
- Spine
- Hand & Wrist
- Hip
- Foot & Ankle
- Brachial Plexus
- Knee
- Anatomy
Day 6 (Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre)
The Viva for FRCS (Tr & Orth) Course starts at 0830, where delegates will be split into small groups and will rotate around a circuit of viva stations, including:
- Spine
- Basic Science
- Adult Pathology
- Hand
- Trauma
- Foot & Ankle
- Upper Limb
- Brachial Plexus
- Radiology
- Shoulder
- Knee
Examiners will allow all candidates adequate opportunity to formulate and practice their answers. Participants may also be interested to note that previous delegates say they have learnt as much from others being examined as being examined themselves.
Participants will be encouraged to participate using up-to-date educational techniques, discussing what other delegates did well and how they might improve.
Join us for our next Oxford FRCS Review Course!
Early-bird special offers and BOTA member discounts available. Places are strictly limited, so don’t delay!