Practice ABOS-style selected-case defense aloud with de-identified Personal Case Uploads, image-to-plan reasoning, operative communication, complication rescue, and structured feedback built for orthopaedic judgment under pressure.
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Selected cases
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30-minute periods
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Score inputs
Current public format
ABOS describes four 30-minute oral periods, two examiners per period, and 12 selected cases chosen from the candidate case list. The public scoring language emphasizes data gathering, diagnosis and interpretation, treatment planning, technical skill, outcomes, and applied knowledge.
Official ABOS Part II sourceEvery practice plan begins with the candidate’s own consecutive surgical cases.
Selected cases require notes, images, and relevant files for presentation.
Train transitions, short breaks, and recovery after examiner pressure.
Use practice feedback to repair visible behavior, not to invent an official score.
Personal Case Uploads
ABOS selects cases from the candidate case list. SurgiTest mirrors that reality with a de-identified educational workflow for oral rehearsal, timing feedback, and complication follow-up. SurgiTest does not replace the ABOS Case List or official upload process.
Upload only fully de-identified educational material. Do not upload protected health information, faces, medical-record numbers, exact dates, labels, DICOM metadata, or official ABOS portal exports that contain identifiers or restricted material. De-identify operative reports, clinic notes, imaging labels, and every supporting document before practice.
Selected-case workflow
De-identify
Remove identifiers, exact dates, metadata, labels, faces, record numbers, and institution-specific details.
Curate
Preserve the indication, imaging findings, operative decisions, complications, and outcome.
Defend
Speak through the case while the examiner probes alternatives, technique, and rescue.
Repair
Use structured feedback to close gaps before the next selected-case session.
The selected-case arc
Orthopedic oral-board performance is a defense of clinical judgment: why the operation was indicated, how it was performed, what happened afterward, and how you would rescue the patient if the case changed.
01 · Upload
Remove identifiers, preserve the clinical story, and practice the indication, images, operation, complications, and outcome as a coherent defense.
02 · Indicate
Connect symptoms, function, imaging, failed alternatives, risk, and patient goals before discussing implants or technique.
03 · Operate
Move from position and approach to exposure, reduction or reconstruction, fixation or implant choice, verification, closure, and postoperative plan.
04 · Rescue
Recognize deterioration, stabilize first, identify the source, communicate honestly, and state the threshold for debridement, revision, return to the OR, or transfer.
Orthopedic study library
Every guide is written for the current public ABOS format, selected-case defense, de-identified upload boundaries, image-based decisions, scoring transparency, and mobile-first search discovery.
Domain-balanced preparation
SurgiTest keeps high-yield orthopedic domains visible so your case-list defense does not become overfit to one subspecialty or one comfortable operation.
Hip and knee arthroplasty, revision strategy, infection, instability, fracture around implants, bone loss, implant selection, and postoperative rescue.
Shoulder, knee, elbow, cartilage, ligament, meniscus, instability, return-to-play counseling, complications, and expectations.
Polytrauma triage, open fractures, pelvic and acetabular injury, periarticular fracture fixation, compartment syndrome, infection, and nonunion.
Tendon, nerve, fracture-dislocation, arthroplasty, compression neuropathy, infection, replantation principles, and functional reconstruction.
Arthroplasty, rotator cuff disease, instability, fracture, stiffness, nerve injury, revision planning, and implant complications.
Deformity, arthritis, trauma, diabetic foot risk, hindfoot reconstruction, ankle arthroplasty, wound failure, and salvage decisions.
Degenerative disease, deformity, infection, tumor, trauma, neurologic decline, instability, and postoperative neurologic or wound complications.
Fractures, infection, hip disorders, limb deformity, clubfoot, neuromuscular conditions, growth-plate risk, and family-centered communication.
Bone and soft-tissue masses, metastatic disease, osteomyelitis, septic arthritis, metabolic bone disease, and multidisciplinary thresholds.
De-identified ABOS-style selected-case rehearsal with indications, imaging, technique, complications, outcomes, and alternate strategies.
What SurgiTest trains
Defend your own cases
Practice fully de-identified selected-case packets with indication, imaging, operation, complication branch, and outcome defense.
Think aloud under pressure
Speak your diagnosis, plan, technical sequence, and rescue threshold while the examiner probes your decision.
Connect images to the operation
Explain the radiographic, arthroscopic, fluoroscopic, CT, MRI, or intraoperative finding that changes management.
Recover when a case deteriorates
Cases branch into infection, instability, neurovascular compromise, compartment syndrome, nonunion, wound failure, or reoperation.
Cover broad orthopaedics
Train trauma, arthroplasty, sports, hand, shoulder, foot and ankle, spine, pediatrics, tumor, infection, and systemic disease.
Know what to fix
Review educational signals across data gathering, interpretation, treatment plan, technique, outcomes, applied knowledge, and safety.
12-week arc
The plan moves from broad case-list mapping to selected-case mastery, complication rescue, mock oral timing, and final logistics.
Weeks 1–3
Build de-identified summaries, baseline answer structure, and early timing trends.
Weeks 4–6
Practice indication, imaging, technique, alternatives, complications, and outcomes.
Weeks 7–9
Run timed oral periods, domain breadth, complication rescue, and poor-outcome ownership.
Weeks 10–12
Full mock sessions, targeted remediation, official logistics, sleep, voice, and travel.
Observable answer signals
Patient problem, acuity, diagnosis, and urgency stated first
Indication tied to symptoms, function, imaging, alternatives, and risk
One primary plan with a named pivot or bailout
Operation described with approach, exposure, correction, fixation or reconstruction, and verification
Complications recognized early with source control or definitive rescue
Outcome, follow-up, reoperation, and patient communication owned without defensiveness
SurgiTest is an independent educational platform, is independent from ABOS, and does not submit official cases, reproduce secure questions, calculate an official score, or guarantee certification. It gives you repeatable spoken practice for the exact kind of reasoning the public format demands.