Ortho Exchange

ORTHO EXCHANGE

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Community & copyright notice

Ortho Exchange is for original community-authored questions only. Do not submit recalled FRCS or UKITE examination questions, or reproduce questions from commercial question banks, textbooks, courses, websites, apps or other third-party sources. Only submit your own original work or material you have explicit permission to share.

Built around questions shared by the orthopaedic resident community.

ORTHO EXCHANGE

Dashboard

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Community question bank

Learn. Share.
Grow—Together.

Practice high-yield T&O questions contributed by the resident community, check explanations instantly, and track your progress over time.

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PERSONALISED REVISION

Smart Test Generator

Build a test automatically from weak areas, due reviews, unseen questions and a small mixed-strength sample.

Questions0available now

Attempts0completed tests

Average—across attempts

Best—personal best

REVISION READINESS

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Building

Based on accuracy, recent performance and bank coverage. This is a revision indicator, not a prediction of FRCS outcome.

Coverage0%

Overall accuracy—

Last 100—

Due review0

Study streak

0days in a row

Answer a question today to start your streak.

Topic heatmap

Where to focus next

Accuracy, exposure and questions currently due for review across the main FRCS areas.

The exchange

Built around shared learning

Questions, answers and explanations can all be drawn from the same structured source bank.

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LearnTest yourself against concise, exam-focused questions.

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ExchangeBuild a bank contributed by the orthopaedic resident community.

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ImproveUse explanations and progress data to identify weak areas.

Question source

Structured for scale

QuestionStem + options A–E

AnswerCorrect option

ExplanationImmediate learning point

Private by design

Anonymous question submissions

Questions help grow the resident-led bank without storing your account ID or name against them.

Question league

Most questions attempted

Ranked by unique questions attempted, so repeat attempts do not inflate the table.

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Contribute

Submit a question

Share an original exam-focused question with the Ortho resident community. Submissions enter the master review queue before joining the live bank.

Original questions only — no recalled exam or third-party material

Do not submit recalled FRCS or UKITE questions, questions copied or closely reproduced from commercial question banks, textbooks, courses, websites, apps, or any other third-party source. Submit only your own original work or material you have explicit permission to share.

Question stem

AB CD E

Correct answer Tags

AI can suggest the main category and secondary tags. You remain in control and can edit them.

ExplanationSpell check is on — use your browser’s spelling suggestions while typing.

Question images optional Add one or more JPG, PNG or WebP images (maximum 10 MB each). In tests, images open in a draggable viewer and multiple images can be browsed with the left/right arrow keys.

Explanation images optional Hidden while answering. These appear only after the answer is submitted, alongside the explanation.

Controversial / debated answerTick this if the answer is disputed, evidence-dependent or likely to vary between accepted sources. When revealed in a mock, it will carry a yellow caution banner.

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Anonymous community reviewYour account ID and name are not stored with the question or shown to administrators. A master account reviews the question before it enters the live bank.

Submission declarationI confirm that this question is my own original work, or that I have permission to share it. I have not reproduced, substantially copied, or recalled an FRCS, UKITE, commercial question-bank, or other third-party question.

VIVA PRACTICE

VIVA Buddy

Three-person FRCS viva practice with role-specific station views, scheduled sessions and a shared station bank.

1 · Form your trio

Create a revision group of three

Create a group and share secure invite codes with two colleagues. Roles rotate automatically between stations.

2 · Schedule

Plan your revision session

Choose the date, number of stations, station duration and topics such as Basic Sciences, Paeds or Hip & Knee.

3 · Run the viva

Three different role views

The examinee gets only the vignette/materials. The examiner gets the questions. The observer gets a feedback workspace.

Station roles

What each person sees

ExamineeCandidate vignetteX-rays / graphs / clinical imagesNo examiner questions

ExaminerCandidate vignette and materialsStructured examiner questionsNo observer notes

ObserverCandidate vignette and materialsFree-text feedbackOverall performance rating

Interactive preview

Run one of your submitted stations

Choose a station you have submitted, then switch roles and test exactly what each person will see.

Preview station

VideoZoom area

Video-ready

Zoom integration

The live-room layout reserves space for an embedded Zoom meeting. The SDK can be connected later without redesigning the station workflow.

ZOOMMeeting SDK slot

CONTRIBUTE

Submit a viva station

Build the candidate-facing material and examiner prompts. Admin approval is required before publication.

Admin reviewed

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Station title Topic

Station type

Station length 30 minutes Current FRCS oral/viva timing.

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Candidate vignette What the candidate sees before any questions are asked.

3

Candidate materials Optional

Add materials one at a time and give each a label. The examiner controls when each item becomes visible to the examinee.

Material label Choose file

4

Examiner questions One prompt per line. These are visible only to the examiner during the station.

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Observer feedback is completed live No fixed mark scheme is attached to the station. The observer records free-text feedback and an overall rating during the viva.

T7 workspace

Resident Dr Planner

Royal Oldham Hospital · Trauma & Orthopaedics

Released to residents

Click an allocation to edit its activity and colour. Excel uses the original rota workbook, including its existing layout, merged cells and formatting. Edit doctors to update names, grades and allocated teams for this week.

Daily ward workload

Patients and doctor-to-patient ratios

Enter the patient count for each team. Ratios use all SHO and FY1 doctors allocated to that team’s morning ward round.

Admin broadcast

Message all users

Publish an in-app announcement to every currently approved Resident and Admin. It stays on Home until acknowledged.

Residents + Admins

HistoryRecent broadcasts

Acknowledgement

No broadcasts sent yetYour published announcements will appear here.