The questions below represent some examples that may help guide your preparation for ST3 interviews and the residency matching process:
CLINICAL
Hands
- Flexor tendon repair
- Extensor tendon repair
- Flexor sheath infection
- Hand infection
- Paronychia
- Felon
- Finger replant
- Dupuytren’s
- Median nerve compression neuropathy (carpal tunnel)
- Ulnar nerve compression neuropathy (cubital tunnel)
- Peripheral nerve palsies
- Paediatric fingertip injury
- Mangled hand
- Finger fracture
- Metacarpal fracture
Skin
- BCC
- SCC
- Melanoma
- Z-plasty
- Local flap
- Keloid
- Scalp reconstruction (local flap)
Breast
- Augmentation
- Reduction
- Mastopexy
- Reconstruction (DIEP)
- Gynaecomastia
Burns
- Thermal burns
- Electrical burns
- Chemical burns
- Paediatric burn
- Hand burn
- Resus burn
- Biobrane
- Toxic shock syndrome
Head and Neck
- Bony facial trauma
- Facial laceration (forehead to chin, crossing eye)
- Free flap to head and neck
- Oral tumour
- Otoplasty
- Facial nerve palsy
Lower limb
- Open fracture
- Compartment syndrome
- Pretibial laceration
- Pretibial haematoma
- Calf lesion
General plastics
- Pressure sore
- Necrotising fasciitis
- Management of failing flap
- Post bariatric surgery management
- Dehisced sternal wound
Basic science
- Wound healing
- Peripheral nerve injury and healing
- Skin grafting
- Tissue expansion
- Flap classification
- Wound management and dressings
- Tendon healing
- Reconstructive ladder
- Fracture healing
- Principles of microsurgery
