Three days. Twenty five faculty members. Sixty patients. Over 120 Delegates.
 
Our Chesterfield Sheffield & Derby FRCS Clinical Examination Course has taken place in September or October every year since 2005. It's focus is to provide orthopaedic surgeons in the UK and around the world, the hands on experience of examining and discussing patients from all orthopaedic sub-specialties ranging from children's orthopaedics to adult orthopaedics and spinal surgery.

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A usual course would see us train up to 48 surgeons and hopefully equip them with the knowledge and skills to manage a wide variety of orthopaedic conditions and in doing so, prepare them for their final accreditation examinations prior to practicing as consultant surgeons.

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COVID-19 arriving to the UK in early 2020 brought a significant barrier in our ability to deliver this course in its typical face to face format due to the restrictions placed on large gatherings. Instead of cancelling our course like countless other similar organisations in the UK, the organisers decided to deliver this integral form of education to surgeons via a virtual format in October 2020. 

During the event we showcased over 14 lectures and 60 professionally pre-recorded and edited clips of real patients from all sub-specialties. This educational event was delivered live through a webinar format with expert faculty providing additional live discussion-based teaching on the day, whilst answering questions from over 120 delegates from around the world. To our knowledge, this was the first ever course of its kind in the world, a similar accomplishment our normal course has built its reputation on over the years.

"Really valuable, and very grateful for the work that made this possible despite COVID. Well structured, chaired, filmed and explained throughout"

"I did not expect the virtual course to be that good. Very well organized and to the point"

"Very well organised and delivered. Covered a lot of material with concise quality relevant teaching"

"Certainly the best course I have attended. I would recommend this to everyone. It was a great experience which help us identify what is expected to pass the FRCS section II"

"Overall, the course was well organised and comprehensive. It was an academic feast with examiners demonstrating the signs and clinical findings. It makes the exam preparation very easy"

"Excellent course. Excellent format. Delivered perfectly"

"I was incredibly impressed by the variety of cases and the fantastic explanations"

"Impressive faculty and demonstrations. Love the logical explanation of each clinical examination"