ABOS Oral Boards — Clinical Scenario Prep
Practice presenting and defending 20 common clinical scenarios. Each includes a realistic case, what examiners expect, and the pitfalls that trip candidates up.
Trauma
Distal Radius Fracture
TraumaA 58-year-old right-hand-dominant woman presents to the emergency department after a ground-level fall onto her outstretched right hand whil...
View scenarioHip Fracture in the Elderly
TraumaA 79-year-old left-hand-dominant woman is brought to the emergency department after a mechanical fall from standing in her assisted living f...
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TraumaA 34-year-old right-hand-dominant male recreational basketball player presents to the emergency department after an inversion and external r...
View scenarioFemoral Shaft Fracture
TraumaA 28-year-old right-hand-dominant male construction worker is brought to the trauma bay after a motorcycle collision at approximately 40 mph...
View scenarioTibial Plateau Fracture
TraumaA 45-year-old right-hand-dominant female attorney is brought to the emergency department after being struck by a car as a pedestrian at low ...
View scenarioOpen Fracture Management
TraumaA 22-year-old right-hand-dominant male is brought to the trauma bay after a high-speed motorcycle collision. He was wearing a helmet but no ...
View scenarioCompartment Syndrome
TraumaA 19-year-old right-hand-dominant male college soccer player presents to the emergency department 4 hours after sustaining a closed tibial s...
View scenarioPeriprosthetic Fracture
TraumaA 72-year-old right-hand-dominant woman presents to the emergency department after a fall from standing at home. She has a history of a left...
View scenarioSports Medicine
ACL Tear
Sports MedicineA 24-year-old right-hand-dominant female Division I collegiate soccer player presents to your clinic 5 days after a non-contact pivoting inj...
View scenarioRotator Cuff Tear
Sports MedicineA 55-year-old right-hand-dominant male commercial painter presents to your office with a 4-month history of progressive right shoulder pain ...
View scenarioMeniscus Tear
Sports MedicineA 30-year-old right-hand-dominant male firefighter presents to your clinic with a 3-week history of right knee pain, intermittent locking, a...
View scenarioAchilles Tendon Rupture
Sports MedicineA 42-year-old right-hand-dominant male attorney presents to the emergency department after feeling a sharp pop in his left heel during a rec...
View scenarioHand & Upper Extremity
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Hand & Upper ExtremityA 48-year-old right-hand-dominant female dental hygienist presents to your office with an 18-month history of progressive numbness and tingl...
View scenarioScaphoid Fracture
Hand & Upper ExtremityA 22-year-old right-hand-dominant male college football wide receiver presents to the sports medicine clinic 2 days after falling on an outs...
View scenarioDistal Humerus Fracture
Hand & Upper ExtremityA 67-year-old right-hand-dominant woman presents to the emergency department after a fall onto her left elbow on an icy sidewalk. She has a ...
View scenarioSpine
Cervical Spine Injury
SpineA 35-year-old right-hand-dominant male construction worker presents to the trauma bay after falling approximately 15 feet from scaffolding, ...
View scenarioLumbar Disc Herniation
SpineA 38-year-old right-hand-dominant male high school football coach presents to your office with a 6-week history of progressive left lower ex...
View scenarioArthroplasty
Total Knee Replacement Complication
ArthroplastyA 64-year-old right-hand-dominant male retired postal worker presents to your office 14 months after a right total knee arthroplasty perform...
View scenarioTotal Hip Replacement Complication
ArthroplastyA 58-year-old right-hand-dominant female nurse presents to the emergency department 3 weeks after a right total hip arthroplasty performed t...
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