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As an IMG this site certainly helped me in getting my Canadian Fellowship

We have a mobile version but we do not yet have an app. We have designed an app but it has not yet been put into development. Hopefully it will be launched within 6 mos. We recognize we have been promising this for a while, and we apologize for the delay. We just have limited resources, and we have been working on some new products that we thing take higher precedence, and hopefully you will agree when you see them.

Currently there is no printed version and we have no plans to create a book. The value in orthobullets is building an engaged community that collaborates to take better care of patients - and a book does not encourage that.

IS PRINTED (VERSION) BOOKS FOR ORTHOBULLETS AVAILABLE ?
IF SO WHERE ?

Hi
From where I can download the orthobullets application for Android

Could you please cite sources for each figure?

Do you have examples of problem solving questions on website
As I have in exam paper of problem solving in Orthopedics
Giving you data and you have to analyse and predict the most probable diagnosis

WISH WE COULD HIGHLIGHT WHILE READING,MAKES SECOND READING EASIER....

There seems to be a problem with specifying types of questions when creating a test. Even if I select "trauma" questions only, I seem to get a grab-bag of questions on widely-varied topics.

Wrong described Winquist in Fracture shaft femur

Gartland Classification fixed. thanks!

good!!

Typo in the supracondylar fracture - peds section ---- in the classification table, "Gartland Classificaiton" is spelled wrong.

We think we resolved the issue with the ipad returning to the login page during a session. Please let us know if you are having continued problems with your ipad. Thanks!

We are having some issues with ipad login. It can be sporadic. We are working on it, and it should be fixed next week. We apologize for any inconvenience.

I can't pass my account ??!!?? With correct passwords and details what's up

Dr. Basnet,

Great idea. The goal is to eventually be able to mark all content as read/watched. Ideally members should be able to keep track of what they have already read/watched, how many times they have read/watched it, and review their personal notes. These are all components of a "StudyKit" function we are building. Timeline for these functions are "months". Thanks for you patience, and your great feedback and ideas. It makes a big difference.

After watching videos in Orthobullets can't it appear as "Watched" just as it happens in Youtube, so that it will be easier for students like us when viewing videos to know it is first time we are watching the video or have already watched it before.It would be nice if something can be done. Thank you.

Dr. Alam Edden,

Critical feedback that leads to the improvement in our content is WELCOMED in the comments section under topics and questions. We LOVE critical feedback (even notifications that something is spelled wrong). Once we make the changes we will remove your comment.

Orthobullets improves through the feedback of our members. Critical feedback is the stuff that helps the most.

If you like the content, no need to comment, just rate it with the star rating system. We rely heavily on our star-rating system to improve content. E.g., any topic that does not have a 4-star rating gets revised. Same with questions, although it is a little different because members often rate questions poorly just because they are tough and they get them wrong, which does not necessarily mean it is a bad question.

Most of all, please take the time to comment on cases and questions. If everyone takes the time to teach each other, then we can build something that makes a difference.

How Can I inform about dead links of fig's &. questions?
Best wishes, Great site

I want to access a post humerla fracture rehab protocol , should I be able to click on the highlighted blue writing?

Amazing work...i dont know if this is the best place to ask this..but is there a similar site for general surgery, thats succinct and to the point,with covering of all angles?

If you are having problems with you ipad, including seeing a persistent "Site Maintenance" page or problems with the Qbank, then you must clear you ipad browser cache. Here is a tutorial on how to do it.

www.orthobullets.com/video/view?id=801

If you register for the site, and it says sending a confirmation email, and you dont get one, be sure to check your spam folder. Thanks!

If you are having difficulty registering, please send us an email at info@orthobullets.com. We released some new code an it might be affecting some individuals.

i cant get to register with ur site. each time i do. i dont recieve a mail. what's the problem?

I would like to thank u regarding this rich informative site and with frequent updating it....i would like to register on ABOS...... best wishes

I'm going to sound like an old fart, but here goes.
Back when I was in residency, there were NO resources like this. OKU was in its infancy and we used old OITE exams (with answers researched ourselves) for studying. Residency had little organization other than rotating through defined subject areas.
Granted, the topics were less rigorous simply because there were few classification schemes and both biochemistry and genetics were yet to be fully elucidated. Treatments were biased based on personal and institutional clout, and regional variation was more entrenched. This has been over a mere twenty years!
You guys at Orthobullets have done a stellar job in organizing the subject matter and updating the material. I suspect one gets more out of it each time through, and I found explanations and greater clarity for things I've taken as a blind memorization these many years. If you're accomplishing this ON TOP of a regular surgical caseload, my hat is off to you!
Please keep up the good work and please be around the next time I recertify!

I keep getting bounced off and can't get logged back in. What's up?

Excellent work. The attention to detail here is really obvious and impressive.

One small thing, the ulno-carpal abutment page seems to have been offline for a few days.

very nicely presented,


Dr. Dnyanesh

Anonymous,

Understood on ipad app and that is fair criticism. It dropped down on our priority list, and sorry if we gave the false impression it was coming. We are still working on it, but have prioritized some other products that we think are more important.

We heard that the OITE changed, and people said it was "almost like they were intentionally making the questions different from Orthobullets". We think that is a good thing. If Orthobullets is forcing more original content and less repeats, that means the educational value of the OITE is improving and we think that is a good thing. Our 2012 questions will target these new educational objective.

With that said, we have gotten many reports of people who used orthobullets for this year's OITE, and they did very well. Here is one such testimonial.

"I am an ortho intern. I used your site exclusively for my OITE this year (2012) and got a 98%. It really is a great site." - Resident, USA, 4.3.13

We are cranking out our 2012 questions and they will be ready shortly. We put a lot of our resources behind improving our topics, and hopefully you noticed a difference there. In addition, instead of releasing the new questions real time, we are holding them to release in batches so people can take mock exam with never been seen questions.

But points taken:
1) If you say an App is coming, then deliver. Sorry, our mistake. App will likely be another 3 months.
2) Keep the fresh questions coming. Will do, and you will see them before July 15th.

We appreciate the honest feedback. Your comment will be taken very seriously and we will get on it.

The OB Team.

You really need to create a mobile app or iPad app. You've been advertising for over a year now that it would be "ready in the next few months."

Last years OITE was very different from your Q bank and things are changing. Residents are going to start going elsewhere for study materials.

Very Very well done , i wish we had something like this for PM&R .Your review plan for the board exam is so focused . Amazing Work.

Anonymous, we absolutely agree. So often there are "accepted facts" that we really don't have adequate evidence to support. Orthobullets is working on a interesting project that will present "evidence" to support all of our "bullet" statements.

The problem is there is so much evidence out there it is hard to figure out what is important and what is not. Evaluating all the evidence is an enormous job, and that is why we need our community to help. Only collectively as a community can we get this job done. So please take the time to vote on the 4 poll questions under the journal club posts. It will make a big difference.

If we all make a tiny contribution to this site, we can make a big difference on how orthopaedics is learned, and potentially practiced.

This is a comprehensive site for general facts, but the apparent lack of evidence citing makes this unfortunately less helpful when trying to understnd the strength of evidence behind some of the general statements.
Would strongly recommend being more transparent about the strength of the evidence as well as citing recent high quality lterature that supports the assertions made.

I passed Saudi Board of Orthopedics 2012 as well as Jordaian Board of Orthopedics 2013. ORTHOBULLETS was really behaind that. Thanks Orthobullets.

SCFE in the test is error in typing word radiograph

DISCUSSION: Figure A represents the Southwick method of determining slip severity, and this can help guide treatment and determine slip severity. Determining the severity of SCFE using the Southwick method or slip angle is accomplished by subtracting the epiphyseal-shaft angle on the uninvolved side from that on the side with SCFE on the frog leg lateral pelvis radgiograph.

I just passed the Greek board exams using orthobullets as my main source of studying.Thanks orthobullets!!!!!!

On the 'about' page the word debt is spelt wrong.
Otherwise fantastic!

I signed up for the ABOS Part I study plan group. Unfortunately, I registered for it a late and I am now going back and reviewing some of the previously covered topics. It appears that the group wall cuts off after a certain number of posts - I can only scroll back to day #22. Does anyone still have the first 3 weeks of this curriculum and if so could it be posted somewhere on the site? Thanks.

looking forward to an iphone app... any updates on release dates?

Having recently passed the FRCS Orth over here I have to say I am deeply indebted to you and your team for a fabulous resource. I found the Miller online lectures a great help too and highly recommend them and you to everyone.

awesome site for ortho knowledge and case sharing!

Just wanted to thank all the team at Orthobullets for all their hard work. This is by far the best website for reference and questions for the FRCS orth.

It would be nice if you add a CME section.

Knee dislocation in sport section has wrong link. The link go to ACL topic, not knee dislocation.

still need shoulder/elbow section or separate or clump hand, wrist, elbow, shoulder into upper extremity section

still need shoulder/elbow section or separate or clump hand, wrist, elbow, shoulder into upper extremity section

Hi, this is an excellent website for quick revision. Any chance Android app will be available too? Thanks

Derek try to adopt the "opt out" feature that vumedi uses so you can opt out of only some discussions and remain on other discussions; based on topic; ie prox humerus fractures, hip fractures, etc

Members,

We apologize the site was down for some time this morning. We did a routine deployment of new functions. In the future we will announce in advance that we are doing a deployment, so you can plan accordingly.

Based on your feedback, we have some really exciting new functions coming down the pipeline, and I think you will like them. After all, many of them are your great ideas.

Thanks for your patience, and again we apologize for any inconvenience this morning.

I prefer if Post-op Rehabilitation is added, like Weight bearing or partial ...etc.

I recently started using this site and I am extremely happy to find such a great site. No doubt this site will forever in my life be my no.1 site. Best thing about it is that even though if you lack a good teacher to guide you it will guide you towards correct directions regarding orthopaedic knowledge. Deepak Kumar Basnet, Junior Resident, Orthopaedics, Jiamusi University, China

Members,

We updated the site this morning and you should now be able to continue old test taken in VEQTR learning mode. Let us know if you have any questions.

Thanks for your patience.

I would like to register in (2013 ABOS Part I Orthobullets Study Plan).
With my best wishes

Members,

You might have noticed that you can no longer continue tests that you created previously. This is because on our most recent upgrade we accidentally put a timed limit on tests in the VEQTR learning mode. It will be fixed next week.

Sorry for any inconvenience.

Ok, I dont think we have ever tested that device (browser/operating system). We will get my engineering team on it.

I can't get silk browser with kindle fire to login with my username and password . it keeps returning to login prompt??

What do people think about the new image pop up window. Now you can move it so you can see the questions in the background.

Albert, Nice pick up. Yep that is a bug. You can still tag questions under VEQTR Testing mode, but it is not appearing under topics. We will fix it. Should take several days.

Has the option to Tag Questions been removed? If so, is it permanent?
Thank you.

Dear Derek,

All working now.
I like the additional facility to see what other people have answered. A great tool to see if Im making common mistakes or my own revision problem/reading the question etc.

Many thanks

DAfydd

I like to thank you, I would like to register in (2013 ABOS Part I Orthobullets Study Plan).
With my best wishes

Sorry we are making some technology changes and the site is running slower.

We are aware of the issue with the topics uploading slowly and fixing it.

Can you give me more details on when the questions are slow so we can fix it.

Thanks for your patience!

i've been reding this site for a year or two, and its awesome, thanks Derek, and all the orthobullets team. The study plan is great as well, my exam for the board in my conuntry is in feb 23rd, but of course i will be joining the study group!

Anonymous,

Please send an email to info@orthobullets.com if you are having problems registering.

Some members were having issues with their confirmation email. We made changes on Orthobullets V3.0 that was released yesterday, and hopefully that issue is now resolved. Sorry for any inconvenience.

Dr. Kanah,

Thank you!

We are putting the final touches on the 2013 Study Plan. It will begin Jan 2nd. It will become clear how to register shortly.

I am just one of the individuals behind this site, it has been a team effort from the beginning.

We just made some major changes to the site. Let us know what you think of the improvements. The topics will load slowly for a week or so until we make some additional enhancements.

Happy New Years, and thanks for the feedback!

I like to thank you Dr. Derek Moor for this a nice informative site for reviewing of orthopaedic knowlege .Also I would like to register in (2013 ABOS Part I Orthobullets Study Plan).
With my best wishes

A very challenging site but sometimes I couldnt find where I put my comment

this site is great but i am fustrated by need to create account and login to view videos.
i am having difficulty setting up account

Orthobullets provides the most comprehensive,focused,and uptodate reading material that is currently available to trainees.

Has made big difference to trainee's ability to perform evidence based medicine.

Excellant site.

thanks orthobullets

I strongly recommend this site for all resident in training of Orthopaedic Surgery it has great informations and I find it very helpful resource and excellent review for board exam.

Thanks Orthobullets.

There should be NO advertising on this site.
-Matthew D Putnam, MD
Professor UMN
LTC USAR

Excellent source of knowledge..as a ortho resident i usualy dont get much time to sit down wid buks to read..orthobullets is like studying on the go when i am in wards or hospital..reccomend u to make an app like medscape..

How can I review the tests that I have done?
This would be very helpful but I can't find a way!

Is there anyway that we can sign into our account and be able to highlight some important material for reviewing later?

Amazing resource.
Although British format is different to American board exams, this is an invaluable revision aid.I hadn't imagined hitting a score of 82% in my exams.

Brilliant,thank you orthobullets!

A fantastic educational resource.Played a very big role in helping me acheive success in FRCS (ORTH) exam. I recommend it to anyone planning to take on the FRCS. I have also noticed that the site is getting better by the day, which is brilliant.

gr8 web site
Hope this could be converted into an app like medscape

Excellent website, so instrumental in my FRCS success.
Thank you orthobullets team.

have you thought about adding a segment on spinal cord injury without radiographic abnormality?

I dont know how to thank you !! this is a great site and i wish to offer you can provide printing property of the pages without printing the index in the left side and the comment below .. and if possible offering a pdf copy of the entire site to allow all students and doctors to stay with the great content of the site every where they go !!

Michael, we are launching a new version in several weeks, and we highlight the correct answer. Thanks for the feedback!

is it possible on reviewing tests on Test Master that the correct answer gets highlighted (i.e. in green) and our incorrect answers get highlighted (i.e. in red)?

good tool though i think you should not restrict it to much

Fantastic tool... It took me trough my European Board Exam... It's not enough to do it, but it allows you to organize your study and ideas

Fantastic Resource. State of the art for a specialty.
Cases, videos, tests, info, etc.
Congratulations, you are a credit to your guild. I doubt if other specialties have such a fine site.

Nice Application

Phenomenal site. I think you should add an editing function a lot like microsoft word. You could see suggested changes and either accept or reject them.

I had the unfortunate position of having failed part 1 of my boards for 3 straight years. I did not discover Orthobullets until last year but embraced it fully and made it my primary source of study. I did every single question on the website and used the study methods suggested by Derek Moore. I have no doubt that Orthobullets was the primary reason that I finally passed my boards. I will be eternally grateful to Derek Moore and the Orthobullets contributors and I wholeheartedly endorse this website.

beautiful site ..CHAT option may be really helpful and fun to have :) Thanks a ton !!

thank u so much for this site

much obliged to log me in this valuable site many thanks

Hi,
I have a suggestion , if sample dictations as you see patient in clinic are collected here will be great and fun. It will help us to improve standards of our dictations especially those orthopaedic residents who are not in training in US and UK.

did you send a message to info@orthobullets.com?

PLEASE LET ME JOIN ORTHOBULLETS SOONLY WHAT IS THE PROBLEM WITH LOGIN IN

The section on fibous dysplasia treatment says curretage and bone grafting, but this is not really useful as bone graft generally will resorb back to fibrous dysplasia. Generally PMMA cement is used in operative treatment of fibrous dysplasis.

This site was a fundamental component of my preparation for the ABOS exam. Without the integrated feedback from the practice test modules I was having a difficult time formulating a study program. After working through the practice exams my weaknesses were exposed and could hone my knowledge of those deficient areas. With great pride I can now say I have passed the Boards. Thanks, Orthobullets!!!