Miller's Orthopaedic Review Course Programme

The Millers Orthopaedic Review Course (UK) is a four day orthopaedic review course, which is followed by the optional Adv. 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.

Below is our January 2013 course programme - you can expect a very similar programme for our next 2014 course:

Orthopaedic Review FRCS Course Timetable: Day 1

07.30	Registration
07.50	Welcome	Course Director, Tom Cosker
08.00	Spine	Pal Lakshmanan, Consultant Spinal Surgeon
10.00	Coffee
10.30	Orthopaedic Oncology	Duncan Whitwell, Consultant Orthopaedic Tumour Surgeon
13.00	Lunch
14.00	Anatomy 1: Lower Limb Anatomy	Alex Ashmore, Specialist Orthopaedic Registrar
15.00	Coffee
15.30	Non Unions, Pelvis and Acetabulum	Stuart Matthews, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
17.00	Knee Arthoplasty: Cases You Will See in the FRCS	Simon West, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
18.30	Anatomy 2: Upper Limb and Spine	Sherief Elsayed & Tom Cosker, Clinical Fellows
20.00	Anatomy Quiz	Alex Ashmore, Specialist Orthopaedic Registrar

Orthopaedic Review FRCS Course Timetable: Day 2

07.30	Spinal Deformity	Colin Nnadi, Consultant Spinal Surgeon
08.30	Paediatrics 1	Andy Wainwright, Nev Davies & Rachel Buckingham, Rachel Buckingham, Consultant Orthopaedic Paediatric Surgeons
10.00	Coffee
10.30	Paediatrics 2	Andy Wainwright, Nev Davies & Rachel Buckingham, Rachel Buckingham, Consultant Orthopaedic Paediatric Surgeons
12.30	Lunch
13.30	Basic Science 1	Ben Ollivere, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
14.30	ORUK: Orthopaedic Research UK	Brian Jones, Orthopaedic Research UK
14.35	Coffee
15.00	Soft Tissue Knee	Guido Geutjens, Consultant Knee and Arthroplasty Surgeon
16.00	Coffee
16.30	Hands 1	Ramon Tahmassebi, Consultant Hand and Upper Limb Surgeon
18.00	Coffee
18.30	Hands 2	Ramon Tahmassebi, Consultant Hand and Upper Limb Surgeon

Orthopaedic Review FRCS Course Timetable: Day 3

07.30	Stats for FRCS	David Beard, Botnar Research Centre, University of Oxford
08.30	Knee Arthoplasty 1	Will Jackson, Consultant Knee and Arthroplasty Surgeon
09.30	Coffee
10.00	Knee Arthoplasty 2	Will Jackson, Consultant Knee and Arthroplasty Surgeon
11.00	The Forefoot	Mark Rogers, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
12.00	Lunch
13.00	Foot & Ankle 2	Steve L. Haddad, MD, Associate Professor of Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Chicago
14.30	Coffee
15.00	Adult Hip	Adrian Taylor, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
17.30	Revision Hip	Duncan Whitwell, Consultant Orthopaedic Tumour Surgeon
19.00	Paediatric Trauma	Nev Davies, Consultant Orthopaedic Paediatric Surgeon
20.00	Course Dinner

Orthopaedic Review FRCS Course Timetable: Day 4

07.30	Infection and Deformity	Mr Martin McNally, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
09.00	Coffee
09.30	Biomechanics	Professor Richie Gill, Botnar Research Centre, University of Oxford
10.30	Coffee
11.00	Trauma	Professor Chris Moran, Professor of Orthopaedic Trauma
13.00	Lunch
13.30	Sports Lower Extremity and Training Room	Professor Mark D Miller, MD, Consultant Surgeon and Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
15.00	Coffee
15.30	Basic Science 2	Fazal Ali, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
16.30	Key topics in Plastic Surgery for the Orthopaedic Surgeon	Chris Taylor, Fellow in Plastic Surgery
17.30	Basic Science 3	Sherief Elsayed, Clinical Fellow
18.30	Shoulder	Tom Cosker, Clinical Fellow
19.30	Passing the FRCS	Fazal Ali, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon

Advanced Clinical Examination Course

Start time: 0800 - please arrive from 0730 for registration

The Advanced Clinical Examination Course will be entirely focused on Advanced Clinical Examination, and will consist of stations as follows, demonstrating the examination of each joint with common clinical scenarios:

Shoulder
Hand
Spine
Hip
Knee
Foot and Ankle
Orthopaedic Rehabilitation

Approx 40 minutes per station, all candidates rotating through each.

Morning session: examiners demonstrate each system and how they expect it to be examined.

Late morning and afternoon: rotation around the stations with no more than 8 candidates per station being watched and critiqued by examiner. No patients; purely focused on examination technique.

08.00	Orthopaedic Rehabilitation
09.00	Examination of the Knee
09.25	Examination of the Foot & Ankle
10.15	Coffee
10.40	Examination of the Hip
11.05	Examination of the Spine
11.30	Examination of the Shoulder
11.55	Examination of the Hand
12.20	Rotation through Stations
13.20	Lunch
14.00	Rotation through Stations
17.00	Close

Viva for FRCS (Orth) Course

Start time: 0800

The Viva for FRCS (Orth) Course will be entirely dedicated to Viva. The Miller VIVA course is designed to cover the key topics which will be examined in the FRCS (Tr & Orth) examinations. There will be small groups (with no more than 5 people in each viva group, so there will be plenty of time to answer questions) and candidates will rotate (typically) through the following stations during the day:

Adult Pathology 1
Adult Pathology 2
Hands 1
Hands 2
Paediatrics 1
Paediatrics 2
Basic Science 1
Basic Science 2
Trauma 1
Trauma 2
Spine 1
Spine 2
- Radiology

Examiners will allow all candidates adequate opportunity to formulate and practice their answers.

Participants may also be interested to note that previous candidates 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 i.e. focusing on what other candidates did well, how they might improve etc.