American Board Examination in Orthopedic Surgery

American Board Examination in Orthopedic Surgery

The البورد الأمريكي Examination in Orthopedic Surgery is a comprehensive and demanding assessment that evaluates a physician’s knowledge, clinical judgment, and surgical skills in diagnosing and treating musculoskeletal conditions, including injuries, deformities, and diseases of the bones, joints, muscles, and ligaments, ensuring excellence in orthopedic surgical care.

Orthopedic Surgery

• Duration: 3 Hours
• Exam Code: ORT5971
• Number of Questions: 150
• Passing Score: 65%

Exam Coverage:

• Basic Principles of Orthopedics.
• Trauma and Spine.
• Pediatric Orthopedic.
• Orthopedic Sports Medicine.
• Metabolic Skeletal Disorders.
• Upper Limb.
• Foot and Ankle.
• Patient Safety.
• Professionalism and Medical Ethics.

Recommended References:

1. Surgical Exposures in Orthopedics– Stanley Hoppenfeld, Piet DeBoer, Richard Buckley, Latest Edition, Wolters Kluwer / Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.
2. Apley’s System of Orthopedics and Fractures– Louis Solomon, David Warwick, Selvadurai Nayagam, Latest Edition, Arnold.
3. Review of Orthopedics– Mark Miller, Mark Brinker, Latest Edition, W.B. Saunders Company.
4. Rockwood and Green’s Fractures in Adults and Children– Robert W. Bucholz, James D. Heckman, Charles M. Court-Brown, Paul Tornetta, Latest Edition, Lippincott Company.
5. Campbell’s Operative Orthopedics– S. Terry Canale, James H. Beaty, Latest Edition, Mosby.
6. Orthopedic Knowledge Update (OKU).