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Chapter 2 - MCQ and EMI paper guidance

from Section 2 - The written paper

By
Mohammed Al-Maiyah  and
Deiary F. Kader
Edited by
Paul A. Banaszkiewicz  and
Deiary F. Kader
Mohammed Al-Maiyah
Affiliation:
James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, UK
Deiary F. Kader
Affiliation:
Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Gateshead, UK
Paul A. Banaszkiewicz
Affiliation:
Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Gateshead
Deiary F. Kader
Affiliation:
Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Gateshead
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Summary

Section 1 is the written theory part of the FRCS (Tr & Orth) exam. The format of the written test has changed since the first edition of the book. Section 1 now consists of two papers.

Paper 1

  • Single best answer paper [SBA] (2 hours + 15 minutes reading time for published paper)

  • 110 multiple choice questions (single best answer format; one from five)

  • The first 12 questions in this paper relate to a published paper.

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Postgraduate Orthopaedics
The Candidate's Guide to the FRCS (Tr and Orth) Examination
 , pp. 9 - 16
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2012

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References

Case, SMSwanson, DB 2001 Constructing Written Test Questions for Basic and Clinical SciencesPhiladelphia, USANational Board of Medical Examiners (NBME)Google Scholar

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