FCPS Orthopaedics Practical Exam Questions and my advice

These are the question tested in 2017 possibly Feb/March session.


Viva – FCPS - 201
15 Stations

1 )Counseling for Club foot


2)Approach to Hip Joint
3)Instruments - Austin Moore Prosthesis 
   question was how to do that 

     explain the approach and steps of putting the prosthesis 
    disadvantage of the approach
       
4)Case Scenario – Tumor metastasis to shafr of humerus  , 
                             rickets management 
)X-ray –
4          AC Joint Dislocation -type and its management 
5          Lunate dislocation - stages  and its management
6          Lisfranc injury - type and its management
7          Humerus fracture - non union management , type of non union;S/C Fracture asked to some                   people 
8          Both bone fracture -not to miss  comment on soft tissue swelling , and also not to forget to                 discuss about compartment syndrome in management part 
9          Tumor
10        Pseudoarthrosis of Tibia 
11        Ankylosing Spondylitis - recognition in x-ray , surgical precautions to take, treatment
12        Osteomyelitis/Madura Foot -diagnosis its management 
13        Lateral Condyle Fracture  management 
14        Pelvis Fracture - approach to manage such patients , its types .

Short Cases
Elbow Post traumatic Stiffness with RSD
Foot – Club Foot of 11 years boy 
Knee – TB
CP Hand and Forearm

Long Case
Osteonecrosis
            Degenerative Arthritis
            TB Hip
 My Exam tips for everyone appearing in FCPS examination Orhtopaedics 
My suggestion is to  be focused to each important topic and prepare accordingly. Dont give a general reading for the practical examination. That way is easy and more suitable for exam purpose as opposed to the thorough general reading of the whole text book in examination. Everyone knows the important topic once one sits for the exam . So freshers can ask from those appeared for the exam. My understanding for theory exam is have line to line grasping of appleys and back up some topic from Campbell those that are important and some topics not mentioned in Appley's . 

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