Short Cases in Orthopaedics For PG Practical Examination

The thought that why to write such a book when lots of

clinical orthopaedics books are available is normal. In fact,

this is not a regular clinical orthopaedics book. It is

conceived and written with the only intention to make

passing the practical examination so easy, so that there is

no need to panic.

After the theory examination, the candidate faces the

practical examination. It is a different ball game. Here, the

confrontation occurs. The tips for examination given in this

book will make you to clear the paper with much ease.

This approach when put to use for others, for example,

my postgraduate students at two Medical Colleges, worked

wonders. Even a few students who had some difficulties in

presenting cases found later that they can confidently

answer the questions.

This unique approach is a variety of methods to tackle

the examinations, including a range of hypothetical

questionnaire, ways to elicit present complaints and past

history, correct methods to palpate, how to examine and

how to diagnose cases, etc. Not a single candidate who

followed this approach has been unsuccessful. The

external examiners were also happy to have examined a

good set of postgraduates. One of the students became the

best outgoing MS Orthopaedics student of the Tamil Nadu

Dr MGR Medical University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

Preface

However, this book is not an alternative for your

teacher’s direct guidance—as orthopaedics is a surgical

speciality—it is learned mainly by apprenticeship.

WHY THIS BOOK

Any amount of work you do in the wards, any number of

hours you work, toil with textbooks, the ultimate fruit of

all this is achieved only, if you pass the examination.

When it comes to postgraduate examinations, either it

is diploma, degree or DNB examination, the day’s

performance holds the key.

When you are writing a theory examination then the

“confrontation factor” is not there, because you have a

question paper and questions set to be answered. You can

select, which questions to be answered first. This is not so

in practical examinations. You cannot choose which

question you will answer first. This will obviously irritate

the examiner. So only, I decided to write something useful

for the students which will help to confront the examiner

and sail smoothly to pass the examination.

Very useful words for the young minds are:

1. “Don’t beg for a pass—you should demand it”.

2. Any student enters the hall with 100% marks and, by his

misdeeds and unforced errors, he loses marks slowly.

So, if, at all, a postgraduate fails, it is he who fails and

not the examiner. Having gone through 3 such

postgraduate examinations: Diploma in Orthopaedics, MS

Orthopaedics, and DNB Orthopaedics, I decided to expose

the weak areas in our mind, which need to be strengthened

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March 10, 2017