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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Lateral radiograph of a dislocated elbow Elbow · lateral 1:00
Clinical scenario · Upper limb

A 25-year-old woman fell off her motorbike and was brought into the Emergency Department. After a full ATLS approach she was deemed stable, but she had an isolated injury to her elbow. Her range of movement was decreased and the elbow was swollen and tender.

Q1Please describe this radiograph taken of the patient.
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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.

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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. 43 are marked high-yield.

Pelvis · outlet viewPelvis · outlet view

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

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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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Sam Nahas
Who we are

“Many candidates are good enough to be orthopaedic registrars and still don’t get the job. We share the approaches that worked for us.”

Sam Nahas, consultant knee surgeon and co-founder, with Ash Kalraiya. Running every year since 2015.

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?

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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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