Trauma & Orthopaedics

Rotation Information

The Orthopaedic Curriculum & Assessment Project syllabus is available here.

The FHI Logbook is available here.

The BOTA Orthopaedic Handbook is available here

Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery is a specialty dealing with injuries, congenital and acquired disorders of the bones, joints and their associated soft tissues, including ligaments, nerves and muscles.

Most consultants contribute to an emergency trauma workload dealing with bony and soft tissue injuries admitted through their local A & E Departments. The vast majority of surgeons also have a specialist elective interest in orthopaedic conditions often based on an anatomical region of the body including the following:

• Lower limb joint reconstruction (hip and knee replacements and associated procedures).
• Hip surgery
• Knee surgery (bony and soft tissue)
• Ankle and foot
• Upper limb (shoulder and elbow)
• Upper limb (hands)
• Spine
• Bone tumour surgery
• The surgery of childhood
• Rheumatoid surgery
• Complex trauma surgery

Some surgeons have very highly specialised practices in one of these areas and a few do not take part in general trauma surgery.

The award of a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) occurs at the completion of training once the Trainee has demonstrated a range of generic medical skills including teamworking and communication as well as well as evidence of competence in the general practice of orthopaedic and trauma surgery. By the time they acquire the CCT they may already have developed a special interest in one of the above named areas.

The curriculum for T&O training is modular with the trainee rotating through a series of attachments aimed at providing a comprehensive appreciation of the range of disorders likely to present in his or her later professional life.

Further information on T&O training is available from the ISCP website: http://www.iscp.ac.uk