Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface to second edition
- Abbreviations
- Section 1 The FRCS (Tr & Orth) examination
- Section 2 The written paper
- Section 3 The clinicals
- Section 4 The adult elective orthopaedics oral
- Section 5 The hand oral
- Section 6 The paediatric oral
- Section 7 The trauma oral
- Section 8 The basic science oral
- Section 9 Miscellaneous topics
- Chapter 23 Surgical exposures oral core topics
- Chapter 24 Anatomy oral core topics
- Chapter 25 SAS doctors and the FRCS (Tr & Orth) exam
- Chapter 26 FRCS (Tr & Orth) and CESR (Article 14)
- Chapter 27 Candidates' accounts of the examination
- Chapter 28 Examination failure
- Index
Chapter 28 - Examination failure
from Section 9 - Miscellaneous topics
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface to second edition
- Abbreviations
- Section 1 The FRCS (Tr & Orth) examination
- Section 2 The written paper
- Section 3 The clinicals
- Section 4 The adult elective orthopaedics oral
- Section 5 The hand oral
- Section 6 The paediatric oral
- Section 7 The trauma oral
- Section 8 The basic science oral
- Section 9 Miscellaneous topics
- Chapter 23 Surgical exposures oral core topics
- Chapter 24 Anatomy oral core topics
- Chapter 25 SAS doctors and the FRCS (Tr & Orth) exam
- Chapter 26 FRCS (Tr & Orth) and CESR (Article 14)
- Chapter 27 Candidates' accounts of the examination
- Chapter 28 Examination failure
- Index
Summary
By the law of averages some candidates will inevitably fail.
Introduction
The one fact that links all trainees in an orthopaedic training programme is that we are all good at passing exams! It is self-selection of the highest order and none who present for this level of exam, 12 years or so after leaving school, would have achieved this level if this were not so.
The FRCS (Tr & Orth) is not a competitive examination in that a pass percentage rate is not set. It is a competency-based exam and so the pass rate will vary from examination to examination depending on the standard achieved. In recent years, the rate has varied from between 56% and 72%, with an average pass rate in 2009 of 65%.
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- Postgraduate OrthopaedicsThe Candidate's Guide to the FRCS (Tr and Orth) Examination, pp. 592 - 594Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2012