The Impact of Online Problem-Based Mentoring Programme on Postgraduate Orthopaedics Exam Performance-A Re-Audit of a Previous Study

Firas Arnaout, Farhan Syed, Husam Elbana and Shwan Fryad Henari
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Firas Arnaout: Senior Clinical Fellow in Trauma & Orthopaedics, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, UK
Farhan Syed: Clinical Trauma Fellow, University Hospital Coventry &Warwickshire, UK
Husam Elbana: Speciality Doctor Trauma & Orthopaedics, University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay, UK
Shwan Fryad Henari: Speciality Doctor in Trauma & Orthopaedics, Horton General Hospital, Oxford University Hospitals Foundation Trust, UK

Orthopedics and Rheumatology Open Access Journals, 2018, vol. 12, issue 5, 81-84

Abstract: Discrepancy in Intercollegiate Fellowship of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons (FRCS) Trauma & Orthopaedics (T&O) exit exam passing rates between trainees & career grade orthopaedic surgeons has been well established and accepted for a long time. This has been thought a consequence of the lack of access to a structured teaching program, which renders the career-grade surgeons less likely to meet the exam standards. A problem-based teaching system has been implemented. Exam pass results for trainee and career-grade surgeons published on the Joint committee of Intercollegiate Examination (JCIE) website, before and after implementing the career-grade teaching programme are extracted, analysed and percentages calculated, to explore if there was any effect and to which degree.The analysis showed an impressive improvement in career-grade surgeons’ passing rate after establishing the teaching activities, with more than doubling of the pass rate.The findings of this audit strongly call for re-exploration of the current career-grade teaching opportunities, and the introduction of a regular teaching platform.

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Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.19080/OROAJ.2018.12.555846

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