Trauma & Orthopaedics ST3 interview preparation.

605 interview questions with model answers, a mock interview course day with experienced examiners, and one-to-one practice. Every year since 2015.

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Outlet view radiograph of a pelvic fracture Pelvis · outlet view 1:00
Clinical scenario · Trauma

Your SHO calls you regarding a trauma call they have been involved in. The patient is a 30-year-old female and was involved in a head-on collision RTC as the front seat passenger with seatbelt. The patient is fit and well.

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Radiograph of a fractured neck of femurHip · AP
Clinical scenario · Lower limbQuestion 4 of 14

You are the orthopaedic registrar on call. Your SHO asks you to review a radiograph in A&E and to see the patient as he is unsure if there is a fracture. He has been told the patient is 86 years old and had a fall and cannot weightbear.

Do you know any classification system for femoral neck fractures?

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Model answer

The Garden classification, for intracapsular fractures:

  1. IIncomplete, minimally displaced
  2. IIComplete and non-displaced
  3. IIIComplete fracture, partially displaced
  4. IVComplete fracture, fully displaced

For intertrochanteric fractures, the Evans classification.

Question bank

81 clinical topics.

Trauma, lower limb, upper limb, hand and wrist, spine, and anatomy and surgical approaches, each built around an on-call or clinic scenario.

Wrist · external fixatorWrist · external fixator

Trauma & emergencies

16 topics · 130 questions
Knee replacement · APKnee replacement · AP

Lower limb

21 topics · 156 questions
Shoulder · APShoulder · AP

Upper limb

15 topics · 107 questions
Knee MRI · sagittal T1Knee MRI · sagittal T1

Anatomy & approaches

19 topics · 90 questions
Wrist · scaphoid viewWrist · scaphoid view

Hand & wrist

6 topics · 46 questions
C-spine · lateralC-spine · lateral

Spine

4 topics · 32 questions

Practise with examiners.

A full mock interview day, or a one-to-one built around you. Both online, as the interview is.

Course day

Mock interview and knowledge course.

Two full mock interviews with individual feedback, and teaching on the high-yield topics.

Briefing
Session 1Interview · feedback · observe
Break
Session 2Interview · feedback · observe
Debrief

The mock interview morning, from the 2023 course day.

£299Online · date for 2026–27 announced soon
About the course day
One-to-one

Two hours with an examiner.

Your portfolio and CV, the stations you find hardest, and feedback on what to keep and what to fix.

  • Portfolio and CVFeedback
  • Interview stationsFull run-throughs
  • Strengths and weaknessesSpecific to you
  • TimeArranged after booking
£249Online · 2 hours
How one-to-ones work

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Who we are

The team.

Ash Kalraiya
Ash KalraiyaCo-founder
Sam Nahas
Sam NahasCo-founder · Consultant, Reading
Nadia Pakroo
Nadia PakrooFaculty since 2021
Max Little
Max LittleFaculty since 2021

This fantastic course and knowledge bank has been successfully run by Ash Kalraiya and Sam Nahas every year since 2015. They both achieved their first choice jobs after securing the number 1 ST3 interview rank in the country and a top 25 spot between them. Ash has since left medicine to pursue a very successful career with his own company and Sam is a Trauma & Orthopaedic consultant in Reading.

About us

“The website was extremely helpful, it covered all the high yield topics and gave good interview answers from which to base our own answers off.”
Question bank, 2024–25
“Sam and Ash are geniuses! Really good tips, keen to teach and really motivating.”
Knowledge course, 2023–24

Questions

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How long do I have access to the question bank?

Six months from the day you buy, which covers the whole application and interview season.

Are the course day and one-to-ones online?

Yes. Interviews are held online, so we teach and run mock interviews online too — the closest practice to the real thing.

I bought the ST3 Special. Do I need to buy the question bank separately?

No. The ST3 Special already includes the question bank and the course day.

Can I pay by bank transfer?

Yes. Email us and we will send the details.

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Is this a clinical reference?

No. It is an educational resource for preparing for T&O ST3 interviews, written for trained medical professionals.

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